For example, 14 karat gold is an alloy of gold with other elements. Similarly, the silver used in jewelry and the aluminium used as a structural building material are also alloys. The term alloy is sometimes used in everyday speech as a synonym for a particular alloy.For example, automobile wheels made of an aluminium alloy are commonly referred to as simply  alloy wheels , although in point of fact steels and most other metals in practical use are also alloys.he term alloy is used to describe a mixture of atoms in which the primary constituent is a metal. The primary metal is called the base, the matrix, or the solvent. The secondary constituents are often called solutes.
On August 1, 2006, NASDAQ became operational as an exchange for NASDAQ-listed securities. (Phase I of exchange operation). Brut and INET became part of the NASDAQ exchange on the. exchange operational date for NASDAQ-listed securities. On October 30, 2006, NASDAQ completed its systems integration for NASDAQ-listed securities. On November 20, 2006, NASDAQ completed the integration of Brut and INET for non-NASDAQ-. listed securities.
In 1985, the NASDAQ-100 was founded as an index of the largest non-financial companies listed on the NASDAQ based on their market capitalization. In 1994, the NASDAQ's annual share trading volume was larger than the NYSE's for the first time.oday, most Americans are familiar with the three major U.S. stock exchanges, the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ. However, most people don't know much about how the NASDAQ came to be, nor about its road to becoming a full-fledged national securities exchange 35 years later.