Amalgam (chemistry) Amalgam (chemistry) An amalgam is an alloy of mercury with another metal, which may be a liquid, a soft paste or a solid, depending upon the proportion of mercury. These alloys are formed through metallic bonding, with the electrostatic attractive force of the conduction electrons working to bind all the positively charged metal ions together into a crystal lattice structure. Almost all metals can form amalgams with mercury, the notable exceptions being iron, platinum, tungsten, and tantalum. Silver-mercury amalgams are important in dentistry, and gold-mercury amalgam is used in the extraction of gold from ore. Zinc amalgam finds use in
Real element formula_1, Every involution is strongly real. Furthermore, every element that is the product of two involutions is strongly real. Conversely, every strongly real element is the product of two involutions. If and formula_1 is real in formula_2 and formula_30 is odd, then formula_1 is strongly real in formula_2. The extended centralizer of an element formula_1 of a group formula_2 is defined as making the extended centralizer of an element formula_1 equal to the normalizer of the set The extended centralizer of an element of a group formula_2 is always a subgroup of formula_2. For involutions or non-real elements, centralizer and