Tombac

Tombac, or tombak, is a brass alloy with high copper content and 5–20% zinc content.^[1] Tin, lead or arsenic may be added for colouration.^[2]^[3] It is a cheap malleable alloy mainly used for medals, ornament, decoration and some munitions. In older use, the term may apply to brass alloy with a zinc content as high as 28–35%.^[1]^[4]

^ ^a ^b "Buy silicon wafers, copper, aluminium, tantal, niobium and stainless steel. Export of non-ferrous and precious metals, London metal exchange (LME) prices". Archived from the original on 2009-09-03. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
^ Institute of Metals, Journal of the Institute of Metals Volume 43, Institute of Metals: 1930
^ "SCHLENK AG: Automotive refinish coatings".
^ Tibor Eric Robert Singer, German-English dictionary of metallurgy: with related material on ores, mining and minerals, crystallography, welding, metal-working, tools, metal products, and metal chemistry, McGraw-Hill: 1945: 298 pages

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[2] Institute of Metals, Journal of the Institute of Metals Volume 43, Institute of Metals: 1930

[3] "SCHLENK AG: Automotive refinish coatings".

[4] Tibor Eric Robert Singer, German-English dictionary of metallurgy: with related material on ores, mining and minerals, crystallography, welding, metal-working, tools, metal products, and metal chemistry, McGraw-Hill: 1945: 298 pages

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