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  2. Brass - Wikipedia

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    Islamic Golden Age brass astrolabe Brass lectern with an eagle. Attributed to Aert van Tricht, Limburg (Netherlands), c. 1500.. 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, [1] but copper typically has the larger proportion, generally 66% copper and 34% zinc.

  3. List of copper alloys - Wikipedia

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    The discovery and exploitation of the Bolivian tin belt in the 19th century made tin far cheaper, although forecasts for future supplies are less positive. There are as many as 400 different copper and copper alloy compositions loosely grouped into the categories: copper, high copper alloy, brasses, bronzes, cupronickel , copper–nickel–zinc ...

  4. Brass instrument - Wikipedia

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    The view of most scholars (see organology) is that the term "brass instrument" should be defined by the way the sound is made, as above, and not by whether the instrument is actually made of brass. Thus one finds brass instruments made of wood, like the alphorn, the cornett, the serpent and the didgeridoo, while some woodwind instruments are ...

  5. Art in bronze and brass - Wikipedia

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    Bronze weapon from the Mesara Plain, Crete. Copper came into use in the Aegean area near the end of the predynastic age of Egypt about 3500 BC. The earliest known implement is a flat celt, which was found on a Neolithic house-floor in the central court of the palace of Knossos in Crete, and is regarded as an Egyptian product.

  6. Bronze - Wikipedia

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    Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (including aluminium, manganese, nickel, or zinc) and sometimes non-metals, such as phosphorus, or metalloids, such as arsenic or silicon.

  7. How to Properly Clean Brass, According to an Expert - AOL

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    The first step in the cleaning process is to check if your piece is fully brass or just brass-plated. The easiest way to figure out if something is made completely of brass is to stick a magnet up ...

  8. Coinage metals - Wikipedia

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    Many coins throughout history were made of gold, silver and copper. Silver: Gold: Iron: Numerous Chinese cash coins were made of iron, with the first being issued by the Han dynasty in 118 BCE. From 1942 through 1952, some of the Swedish krona coins – such as the 1, 2 and 5 öre – were made of iron. Lead: Most commonly seen in southeast ...

  9. Category:Brass - Wikipedia

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