adjective. The definition of vicarious is living as if through someone else or acting for someone else. An example of vicarious is when a mother who always wanted to be a dancer continually pushes her children to do ballet.
Tin is a chemical element. It is often obtained from a mineral called cassiterite (SnO2) and is extracted via cooking it in a furnace with carbon. It is often used as a protec â¦ tive coating on top of other metals (ex. tin cans [made from steel]) to protect them from rust.
Mixture; Metal; Element; Crystal. In its scientific usage, the term metal means a metallic element. An alloy is a mixture or solid solution composed of a metal and another element. But in everyday language, we often use the word metal to describe what an alloy is. That is because a mixture of metallic elements is called an alloy. Iron is a metal element. Steel is a mixture of iron with other elements such as carbon, nickel, chromium, etc. and so is an alloy. An alloy is a mixture of either pure or relatively pure chemical elements, forming an impure substance retaining the characteristics of a metal. Alloy constituents are usually measured by mass.