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brass (alloy) (copper alloy, <copper and copper alloy>, ... Materials (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Alloy of copper and zinc, usually with copper as the major alloying element and zinc up to 40% by weight. For an alloy consisting mainly of copper, combined most often with tin, but at times also with other metals, use "bronze (metal)."
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| brass (alloy) (preferred,C,U,LC,English-P,D,U,N)
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| copper-zinc alloy (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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| 黃銅 (合金) (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
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| huáng tóng (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
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| huang tong (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
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| huang t'ung (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
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| messing (koperlegering) (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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| geelkoper (C,U,Dutch,UF,U,U)
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| laiton (C,U,French-P,D,U,N)
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| ottone (C,U,Italian-P,D,U,U)
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| latón (aleación) (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,U)
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| azófar (C,U,Spanish,AD,U,U)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: M.MT |
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Materials Facet |
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.... Materials (hierarchy name) (G) |
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........ materials (substances) (G) |
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............ <materials by composition> (G) |
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................ inorganic material (G) |
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.................... metal (G) |
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........................ <metal by composition or origin> (G) |
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............................ nonferrous metal (G) |
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................................ <copper and copper alloy> (G) |
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.................................... copper alloy (G) |
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........................................ brass (alloy) (G) |
Additional Notes: |
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| Chinese (traditional) ..... 銅與鋅的合金，通常銅為主要合金，而鋅的含量最高為重量之百分之40。 |
| Dutch ..... Een legering van koper en zink, meestal met koper als het voornaamste element en met zink als maximaal 40% van het gewicht. |
| Spanish ..... Aleación de cobre y zinc, habitualmente con cobre como principal elemento de la aleación y con zinc hasta 40% del peso. |
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Related concepts: |
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| constituent of .... |
hard solder |
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(solder, inorganic adhesive, ... Materials (hierarchy name)) [300161511] |
| distinguished from .... |
bronze (metal) |
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(copper alloy, <copper and copper alloy>, ... Materials (hierarchy name)) [300010957] |
| material for .... |
brasswork (visual works) |
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(metalwork (visual works), <visual works by material or technique>, ... Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)) [300044016] |
| used by .... |
braziers (metalworkers) |
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(<metalworkers by type of metal>, metalworkers, ... People (hierarchy name)) [300025315] |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| copper-zinc alloy............ |
[VP] |
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Personal Communication Tom Chase, Conservator, Freer Gallery of Art, 1/93. |
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