Alloy+of+copper+and+zinc

  • 91solder — [1] A compound of two or more metals which have a relatively low melting point. Soft solder is an alloy of lead and tin while hard solder is an alloy of copper and zinc. With the application of heat, it is used to join wires or two pieces of… …

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  • 92German silver — noun a silver white alloy containing copper and zinc and nickel • Syn: ↑nickel silver • Hypernyms: ↑alloy, ↑metal …

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  • 93nickel silver — noun a silver white alloy containing copper and zinc and nickel • Syn: ↑German silver • Hypernyms: ↑alloy, ↑metal …

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  • 94braz´er — braze1 «brayz», transitive verb, brazed, braz|ing. 1. to make of brass; cover or decorate with brass. 2. Figurative. to make like brass. ╂[Old English brasian < bræs brass] braze2 «brayz», verb …

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  • 95Steel —    The bow of steel in (A.V.) 2 Sam. 22:35; Job 20:24; Ps. 18:34 is in the Revised Version bow of brass (Heb. kesheth nehushah). In Jer. 15:12 the same word is used, and is also rendered in the Revised Version brass. But more correctly it is… …

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  • 96white brass — noun : an inferior brass containing more than 49 percent zinc * * * white brass noun An inferior alloy of copper and zinc • • • Main Entry: ↑white …

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  • 97Braze — Braze, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Brazed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brazing}.] [F. braser to solder, fr. Icel. brasa to harden by fire. Cf. {Brass}.] 1. To solder with hard solder, esp. with an alloy of copper and zinc; as, to braze the seams of a copper pipe …

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  • 98Brazed — Braze Braze, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Brazed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brazing}.] [F. braser to solder, fr. Icel. brasa to harden by fire. Cf. {Brass}.] 1. To solder with hard solder, esp. with an alloy of copper and zinc; as, to braze the seams of a copper …

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  • 99Brazing — Braze Braze, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Brazed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brazing}.] [F. braser to solder, fr. Icel. brasa to harden by fire. Cf. {Brass}.] 1. To solder with hard solder, esp. with an alloy of copper and zinc; as, to braze the seams of a copper …

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  • 100Priddy's Hard — is an area of Gosport, in Hampshire, England now being developed for housing with part of the site retained as a museum. However, for some two hundred years it was a restricted access site; first becoming a fort and then an armaments depot for… …

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