ʻO ka metala a mākou i hoʻohana ai no ka hoʻoheheʻe make, ʻo ia ka zinc, ke keleawe, ka aluminika, ka magnesium, ke kēpau, ka tin, a me nā alaleʻa kēpau a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. ʻOiai he kakaikahi ka hao, hiki nō. ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona o nā metala like ʻole i ka wā o ka hoʻoheheʻe ʻana penei:
•Zinc: ʻO ka metala make maʻalahi loa, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi i ka wā e hana ana i nā ʻāpana liʻiliʻi, maʻalahi ke kapa, ka ikaika compressive kiʻekiʻe, ka plasticity kiʻekiʻe, a me ke ola hoʻolei lōʻihi.
•Aluminum: ʻO ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe, ka hana paʻakikī a me ka hoʻoheheʻe ʻana i ka paia lahilahi me ke kūpaʻa kiʻekiʻe, ke kūpaʻa corrosion kiʻekiʻe, nā waiwai mechanical maikaʻi, ka conductivity thermal kiʻekiʻe a me ka conductivity uila, a me ka ikaika kiʻekiʻe i nā wela kiʻekiʻe.
•Magnesium: Maʻalahi i ka mīkini, ikaika kiʻekiʻe i ke kaupaona ʻana, ka māmā o nā metala make-cast maʻamau.
•keleawe: ʻO ka paʻakikī kiʻekiʻe a me ka pale ʻana i ka corrosion ikaika. ʻO ka mea maʻamau i hoʻohana ʻia me ka make-cast me ka maikaʻi loa o nā waiwai mechanical, anti-wear a me ka ikaika kokoke i ke kila.
•Ke kēpau a me ke kēpau: Kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe a me ka kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe ka pololei pololei no nā ʻāpana pale corrosion kūikawā. No nā kumu o ke olakino lehulehu, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia kēia alloy ma ke ʻano he meaʻai a me kahi hale mālama. Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia nā ʻāpana kepau-tin-bismuth (i kekahi manawa he keleawe liʻiliʻi) no ka hana ʻana i nā leka paʻa lima a me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana wela i ka paʻi palapala.