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Metal Alloy Percentages
In one hundred parts.
Babbit's metal - Tin 89, copper 3.7, antimony 7.3
Fine yellow brass - Copper 66, zinc 34
Gun metal, valves, etc. - Copper 90, tin 10
White brass - Copper 10, zinc 80, tin 10
German silver - Copper 33.3, zinc 33.4, nickel 33.3
Church bells - Copper 80, zinc 5.6, tin 10.1, lead 4.3
Gongs Copper - 81.6, tin 18.4
Lathe bushes - Copper 80, tin 20
Machinery bearings - Copper 87.5, tin 12.5
Muntz metal - Copper 60, zinc 40
Sheathing metal - Copper 56, zinc 44
Useful information for practical men compiled for E. I. Du Pont de Nemours ... By E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company