Brass
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brass-167-465576
title:
Brass
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Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc, in proportions which can be varied to achieve different colours and mechanical, electrical, acoustic and chemical properties, but copper typically has the larger proportion, generally 66% copper and 34% zinc. In use since prehistoric times, it is a substitutional alloy: atoms of the two constituents may replace each other within the same crystal structure. Brass is similar to bronze, a copper alloy that contains tin instead of zinc. Both bronze and brass may
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wiki
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encyclopedia
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Alloy of copper and zinc
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass
date created:
2001-07-26T15:28:48Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T03:18:46Z
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