Home › Words › A › alumelalumelalumel means A magnetic alloy of approximately 95% nickel, 2% aluminium, 2% manganese, and 1% silicon, used to make the negative conductors of certain thermocouples.EtymologyCoined as a trademark, presumably blend of aluminium + nickel.nounA magnetic alloy of approximately 95% nickel, 2% aluminium, 2% manganese, and 1% silicon, used to make the negative conductors of certain thermocouples.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.chromel 77% match — An alloy of approximately 90% nickel and 10% chromium by weight, used to make the positive conductors of certain thermocouples. vs alumel →alnico 70% match — An alloy of aluminium, nickel and cobalt, sometimes alloyed with smaller amounts of iron, copper, titanium and used primarily in the manufacture of magnets. vs alumel →magnalium 68% match — An alloy of 75% aluminium with about 25% magnesium. vs alumel →permalloy 63% match — Any of a class of nickel/iron alloys that have a high magnetic permeability. vs alumel →monel 63% match — An alloy of nickel and copper. vs alumel →alfenide 63% match — An alloy of nickel and silver electroplated with silver. It was produced in Germany in the 19th century. vs alumel →radiometal 60% match — Any of several alloys, mostly of nickel and iron, that have a high magnetic permeability vs alumel →manganin 60% match — Any of several alloys of copper, manganese and nickel used in the manufacture of electrical resistors because of the thermal stability of their resistance vs alumel →