Calamine brass — is brass produced by a particular alloying technique using calamine, a zinc ore, rather than metallic zinc. Calamine brass was produced using proportions of two sevenths fine copper, four sevenths calamine, and one seventh shruff (old plate… … Wikipedia
calamine brass — an alloy of zinc carbonate and copper, formerly used to imitate gold … Useful english dictionary
Calamine (disambiguation) — Calamine has different meanings, depending on the context:* Calamine, a pinkish powder used in calamine lotion * Calamine (mineral), a historic name for a zinc mineral * Calamine brass, an early method of making brass, by reacting copper metal… … Wikipedia
Calamine (mineral) — This article is about calamine in mineralogy. For calamine used in calamine lotion, see calamine, for other uses of the word, see calamine (disambiguation). Calamine is a historic name for an ore of zinc. The name calamine was derived from the… … Wikipedia
Brass — For other uses, see Brass (disambiguation). Brass die, along with zinc and copper samples. Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc; the proportions of zinc and copper can be varied to create a range of brasses with varying properties.[1] In … Wikipedia
Zinc — This article is about the metallic element. For other uses, see Zinc (disambiguation). copper ← zinc → gallium ↑ Zn ↓ Cd … Wikipedia
metalwork — metalworker, n. /met l werrk /, n. objects made of metal. [1840 50; METAL + WORK] * * * Useful and decorative objects fashioned of various metals. The oldest technique is hammering. After с 2500 BC, casting was also used, molten metal being… … Universalium
Latten — The term Latten refers loosely to copper alloys, much like brass, employed in the Middle Ages and through to the late 18th and early 19th Centuries, for items such as decorative effect on borders, rivets or other details of metalwork… … Wikipedia
Cementation process — The cementation process is an obsolete technique for making steel by carburization of iron. Unlike modern steelmaking it increased the amount of carbon in the iron. It was apparently developed before the 17th century. OriginsThe process probably… … Wikipedia
List of alloys — This is a list of named alloys grouped alphabetically by base metal. Within these headings the alloys are also grouped alphabetically. Some of the main alloying elements are optionally listed after the alloy names. Contents 1 Alloys of aluminium… … Wikipedia