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模板1：Heat treatment of metalIn industry today there are more than a thousand different metals being used to manufacture products. The modern automobile has more than one hundred different metals used in its construction. An attempt will be made in this passage to give an understanding of the basic classification of metals.Metals were formerly thought to be those elements that had a metallic luster and were good conductor of heat and electricity. Actually, metals are generally defined as those elements whose hydroxides from bases (such as sodium or potassium).the nonmetals’ hydroxides from acids (such as sulphur). Metals may exist as pure elements. When two or more metallic elements are combined,they form a mixture called an alloyThe term alloy is used to identify any metallic system. In metallurgy it is a substance, with metallic properties, that is composed of two or more elements, in timately mixed. Of these elements one must be a metal. Plain carbon steel, in the sense, is basically an alloy of iron and carbon. Other elements are present in the form of impurities. However, for commercial purposes, plain carbon steel is not classified as an alloy steel. Alloy maybe further classified as ferrous and nonferrous. Ferrous alloys contain iron. Nonferrous alloys do not contain iron.All commercial varieties of iron and steel are alloys. The ordinary steels are thought of as iron-carbon alloys. However, practically all contain silicon and manganese as well. In addition, there are thousands of recognized alloy steels. Examples are special tool steels, steels for castings, forgings, and rolled shapes. The base metal for all these is iron.Steels are often called by the principal alloying element present. Examples are silicon steel, manganese steel, nickel steel, and tungsten steel. Even nonferrous alloys may contain iron in a small amount, as impurities. Some of the nonferrous alloys are bronze, brass, and monel. Although pure metals solidify at a constant temperature, allo