 | Andrew Ure - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1860 - 972 pages
...cannon, though brass does not enter into the composition used for casting cannon." Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin. Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc. In many instances, we have zinc, lead, &c., entering into the composition of alloys of copper and tin.... | |
 | William A. Campbell - Readers - 1887 - 224 pages
...This combination in certain proportions constitutes bell-metal. Brass results from uniting and mixing copper and zinc. German Silver is an alloy of copper, zinc, and nickel. Galvanized Iron is simply iron coated with zinc. This term is a gross misnomer, as galvanic... | |
 | William Franklin Watson - Chemistry - 1901 - 352 pages
...and the Iron Age. These names indicate the materials forming the implements and weapons of mankind. BRASS is an alloy of copper and zinc. GERMAN SILVER is an alloy of copper, zinc, and nickel. The compounds of copper are very numerous and important. Both iron and zinc are capable of... | |
 | Horace Holden Thayer - Building materials - 1924 - 414 pages
...constituent of many very useful alloys to which it imparts the element of toughness. Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin. Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc. Where the alloy contains all three metals it is, strictly speaking, a bronze or a brass according as... | |
 | Adrian Marden - Art - 1987 - 200 pages
...of products can be made easily. Metals can also be mixed together to form alloys. Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin; brass is an alloy of copper and zinc. PLASTICS Thermoplastics will soften when they are heated, and harden as they cool. There are many different... | |
 | Kevin M. Dunn - Education - 2003 - 432 pages
...It ranks second (behind iron) in worldwide production. Bronze, as previously described, is an alloy of copper and tin; brass is an alloy of copper and zinc. Copper is used to make inexpensive jewelry plated with silver or gold, as an important coinage metal,... | |
 | American Railway Engineering Association - Railroads - 1916 - 1476 pages
...friction and wear are less, Imt the fit of the bearings must be more nearly perfect. Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin; brass is an alloy of copper and zinc, the copper preponderating in both. Phosphor bronze is a bronze to which phosphorus has been added for... | |
 | American Railway Engineering Association - Railroad engineering - 1915 - 1320 pages
...friction and wear are less, but the fit of the bearings must be more nearly perfect. Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin ; brass is an alloy of copper and zinc, the copper preponderating in both. Phosphor bronze is a bronze to which phosphorus has been added for... | |
 | American Railway Engineering Association - Railroad engineering - 1916 - 1476 pages
...friction and wear are less, but the fit of the bearings must be more nearly perfect. Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin; brass is an alloy of copper and zinc, the copper preponderating in both. Phosphor bron/e is a bronze to which phosphorus has been added for... | |
 | S.K. Jain & Shailesh K. Jain - Science - 1812 pages
...with metals such as chromium, vanadium, molybdenum, tungsten, manganese etc. • Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin. • Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc. EXPLANATION. The atomic radii of the transition elements in any series are not much different from... | |
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Phosphor bronze is a bronze to which phosphorus has been added for the purpose of cleansing and deoxidizing the metal. Most of the phosphorus passes off with the impurities and little remains in the metal. Manganese bronze is a bronze in which manganese... 