Design Alien Skeleton w/ Copper, Calcium & Element: Tip?

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Calcium, copper, and potentially boron can be combined in a single substance, as metals can generally be mixed together, and small amounts of nonmetals can be included. However, the resulting material must meet specific criteria for desired properties such as chemical stability, melting point, structural strength, and weight, especially for use in an alien skeleton design. While real-world constraints exist regarding the availability and suitability of elements for life, fictional contexts allow for greater flexibility in choosing materials. For further exploration, researching metallurgical properties and the behavior of various elements in alloys could provide valuable insights.
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Could calcium and copper and say - boron, be joined into one substance?
If not boron, then which element?
I am trying to design an alien skeleton with copper, calcium, and ?
I love copper and part of the idea is its distribution throughout the universe.
I am asking for a tip about where to look for this info, unless someone out there has element mixing knowledge resting on the tip of their brain.
Thank you.
 
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You can mix basically all metals together, and smaller amounts of nonmetals inside are possible as well. Not everything will lead to properties you want for bones (chemically passive, reasonable melting point, high structural strength, not too heavy, ...), and not everything will be useful for life (available in the environment, suitable chemical pathways to produce it, ...) but in a fictional setting there is more freedom in the parameters.
 
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