Originally Posted by
Monster Pete
[engineer mode] Steel is an alloy (there are any number of iron-based alloys known as steel.) 'Alloy' tends to refer specifically to various alloys of Aluminium, of which there are a large number depending on the composition [/engineer mode]
it always bugs me when i read or hear people using "alloy" as a synonym for "aluminum". i know that's how the word has come to be used by the masses, but it still bugs me none-the-less. kinda like how it bugs me when people say "cement" when they're really talking about "concrete".