Many French horns, for example, are made of nickel silver, an alloy of copper, zinc, and nickel (it's silver in name and color only), and some are made of nickel bronze, an alloy of copper, tin, and nickel. (Brass itself is an alloy of copper and zinc.) Many brass instruments are silver-plated (sterling silver on brass), and some are gold-plated.
He'd get off the train at the city dumps, eat mulligan stew with the hoboes and forage for copper, brass and iron to sell as scrap.
The rise and rise of steampunk - the retro-futuristic style - and its love for copper, brass, gears and automata has helped his prospects as have movies such as Hugo.
Everything from the ancient brass light switches and the copper bathtubs to the 12-foot alligator floor piece was hoarded by the peripatetic Mr. Yeh.
He's paid for all his copper and brass up front - only to find that he's left holding a lot more stock than expected.
Exactly what that copper content is is debatable: various sites give brass or bronze as the alloy and with different copper contents.
The US, Britain and the EU now all make pennies and cents out of steel with a copper plating as copper rose in price making brass and bronze worth more than face value.
Zinc: Like copper, zinc is present in many alloys (in fact, zinc and copper are both in brass and bronze).
In the materials group, Reliance Steel, one of the largest U.S. metals service centers, distributes a line of more than 100, 000 metal products, including carbon, alloy, stainless and specialty steel, aluminum, brass as well as copper products.
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Many carry tridents and spears, but most carry kamandals - small brass or copper pitcher for carrying the holy Ganges water.
Copper can also be mixed with other metals to make valuable alloys such as bronze, pewter and brass.
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