单词 | admiralty brass |
释义 | > as lemmasAdmiralty brass Admiralty brass n. a kind of brass containing about 69–70 per cent copper, 29–30 per cent zinc, and 1 per cent tin and having increased resistance to corrosion by seawater; cf. naval brass n. 2.The precise nature of the brass referred to in quot. 1876 is not certain. ΚΠ 1876 Rep. Comm. Registry of Deeds (Ireland) 6 in Parl. Papers LX. 715 The Hamilton Records of the period in question were printed on a band composed of the Admiralty brass. 1908 H. J. Spooner Machine Design, Constr. & Drawing xxix. 595 Admiralty brass condenser tubes are made of alloy containing 70 per cent. best selected copper, 29 per cent. best Silesian zinc, and 1 per cent. of tin. 1984 E. P. DeGarmo et al. Materials & Processes in Manuf. (ed. 6) viii. 180 Cartridge brass with tin becomes admiralty brass. 2006 N. Warren Metal Corrosion Boats (ed. 3) vi. 81 Admiralty brass tubing is more resistant to velocity effects up to about 6 ft/sec. < as lemmas |
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