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Gilding metal is a type of tombac which is one of the most common jacketing materials for full metal and hollow-point jacketed bullets. The 1980 Olympic 'Bronze' medals were actually tombac. During World War II, Canada minted 5-cent pieces in tombac in 1942 and 1943. The German military used it for some combat medals during World War II.
A bronze is an alloy of copper and other metals, most often tin, but also aluminium and silicon. Aluminium bronzes are alloys of copper and aluminium. The content of aluminium ranges mostly between 5% and 11%. Iron, nickel, manganese and silicon are sometimes added.
The art of kalai (kalhai or qalai) is the process of coating an alloy surface such as copper or brass by deposition of metal tin on it. [1] The word "kalai" is derived from Sanskrit word kalya lepa, which means "white wash or tin". [2]
Tamba ware kame vessel Kiln at Tachikui Sue-no-sato in Sasayama Tamba ware , also spelled Tanba , and also known as Tamba-Tachikui ware (丹波立杭焼, Tamba-Tachikui-yaki) is a type of Japanese pottery produced in Sasayama and Tachikui in Hyōgo Prefecture .
In the Roman era, copper was mined principally on Cyprus, the origin of the name of the metal, from aes cyprium (metal of Cyprus), which later evolved into cuprum in popular Latin. Coper (Old English) and copper were derived from this, the later spelling first used around 1530. [14]
Tumbaga is the name given by Spanish Conquistadors for a non-specific alloy of gold and copper, and metals composed of these elements. Pieces made of tumbaga were widely found in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica in North America and South America. The term is a borrowing from the Tagalog tumbaga.
Tamahagane. Tamahagane (玉鋼) is a type of steel made in the Japanese tradition. The word tama means 'precious', and the word hagane means 'steel'. [1] Tamahagane is used to make Japanese swords, daggers, knives, and other kinds of tools.
MahaKalika idol at Twashta Kasar Kalika Devi Mandir, Kasba Peth, Pune. Twashta Kasar,Somavanshiya Kshatriya Kasar or Jain Kasar (also known as Tambat,Kshatriya Kasar or Kasar) is a Hindu artisan caste of coppersmiths (tamrakar and tamta), predominantly residing in the Indian state of Maharashtra.