Bronze Alloys
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This section is from the book "Cassell's Cyclopaedia Of Mechanics", by Paul N. Hasluck. Also available from Amazon: Cassell's Cyclopaedia Of Mechanics.
Bronze Alloys
Bronze is a yellowish, reddish, or chocolate-brown alloy of copper, tin, and other elementary metals, and is made in a similar way to brass; and indeed, there does not appear to be a sharp distinction between these two alloys. Below are given the proportions of some of the better known bronzes: -
Kind of Bronze. | Aluminimum. | Cast Iron. | Copper. | Gold. | Lead. | Tin. | Tungsten. | Zinc. | |
Aluminium.... | 9 | _ | 91 | _ | |||||
Ditto ...... | 4.3 | - | 43 | - | - | 31 | - | 21.7 | - |
Ditto ...... | 10.3 | - | 55.3 | --- | 34.4 | ||||
Ditto ...... | 7.5 | - | 90 | 2.5 | __. | ||||
Antique ...... | __ | __ | 87 | __ | - | 13 | - | __ | |
Ditto ...... | - | - | 97 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - |
Ash Grey ...... | - | - | 80 | - | - | - | 2) | __ | - |
Bluish Red | - | - | 84.2 | - | - | - | 1.5.8 | - | __ |
Ditto ..... | - | - | 82 | - | - | - | 18 | - | -. |
Dark Grey-... | - | - | 76 | - | - | - | 24 | - | - |
Fontaine ... | - | 1 | 8 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 90 |
Moreau's... | |||||||||
Ditto ...... | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 92 | |
Ditto ...... | - | 1 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 92 |
Ditto ...... | - | 0.5 | 2.5 | - | 97 | ||||
Ditto ...... | __ | __ | 1 | - | 99 | ||||
Hard | __ | __ | 87.-7 | __ | __ | - | 12.3 | ||
Red dish Yellow.. | __ | __ | 88.8 | __ | __ | 11.2 | __ | __ | |
Ditto ... | - | - | 92.8 | __ | __ | - | 7.2 | _ | __ |
Ditto ...... | - | - | 94 | - | - | 6 | - | __ | |
Ditto ...... | - | - | 98 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
Statuary ...... | - | - | 88 | - | 1 | - | 9 | - | 2 |
Ditto ...... | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | 91 | - | --- |
Whitish ... | __ | __ | 69.6 | - | - | 30.4 | __ | __ | |
Ditto ...... | __ | - | 66.6 | - | - | 33-4 | __ | __ | |
Ditto (best) .. | - | - | 33.4 | - | - | 66.6 | --- |
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