Calamine brass
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calamine-brass-184-6726691
title:
Calamine brass
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Calamine brass is brass produced by a particular alloying technique using the zinc ore calamine directly, rather than first refining it to metallic zinc. Direct zinc smelting appears to have been unknown in Europe until the mid-18th century, even though the alloyed calamine brass was in use for centuries, and metallic zinc was produced directly via reducing-atmosphere smelting in India and China from the 12th century CE onwards. Brass is an alloy of copper an zinc and, when it was first develope
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Type of brass
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calamine_brass
date created:
2005-08-03T17:55:57Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T06:55:21Z
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