Mixed Metals: Or, Metallic Alloys |
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... considerable amount of the author's attention , seeing that Birmingham is the very centre of what may be termed the mixed - metals trades . A work adequate to the importance of the subject has yet to be written , for our knowledge of ...
... considerable amount of the author's attention , seeing that Birmingham is the very centre of what may be termed the mixed - metals trades . A work adequate to the importance of the subject has yet to be written , for our knowledge of ...
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... considerable difficulty in dealing with the various alloys in a systematic manner without repetition , but hopes that , with the aid of the copious index , any given alloy may be easily referred to . The first portion deals with the ...
... considerable difficulty in dealing with the various alloys in a systematic manner without repetition , but hopes that , with the aid of the copious index , any given alloy may be easily referred to . The first portion deals with the ...
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... considerable , it is usual to speak of it as com- bustion ; thus , carbon combines with oxygen to produce carbonic acid and generates intense heat . C + 20 = CO , 2 Carbon . Oxygen . Carbonic acid . In common language it is said to burn ...
... considerable , it is usual to speak of it as com- bustion ; thus , carbon combines with oxygen to produce carbonic acid and generates intense heat . C + 20 = CO , 2 Carbon . Oxygen . Carbonic acid . In common language it is said to burn ...
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... considerable heat . The com- bustible gas formed in gas - producers is chiefly carbonic oxide . It is a powerful reducing agent , probably the chief agent in reducing oxide of iron in the blast - furnace , and zinc oxide in zinc muffles ...
... considerable heat . The com- bustible gas formed in gas - producers is chiefly carbonic oxide . It is a powerful reducing agent , probably the chief agent in reducing oxide of iron in the blast - furnace , and zinc oxide in zinc muffles ...
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... considerable quantities of hydrogen and other gases when strongly heated with them , especially the spongy variety called platinum black ; if this substance be introduced into a mixture of oxygen and hydrogen it causes them to combine ...
... considerable quantities of hydrogen and other gases when strongly heated with them , especially the spongy variety called platinum black ; if this substance be introduced into a mixture of oxygen and hydrogen it causes them to combine ...
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acid added alloys containing aluminium amalgam annealing antimony arsenic bells bismuth brass Britannia metal brittle bronze cadmium carbon cast cast-iron cent copper cent of copper charcoal chemical choidal colour combination composition consists constituents cooling copper copper and tin crucible crystalline ductile elasticity employed Fcap following table fracture furnace fused fusible alloys German silver granular gray grayish Guettier gun-metal hammer hard harder impurities ingot iron lead liquid lustre malleable Mallet manganese manufacture melting point mercury mixed mixture molten metal mould nickel nitric acid obtained ordinary oxide oxidising oxygen phosphor-bronze phosphorus plate platinum polish poured powder prepared present produced Professor properties proportions pure readily red heat remelted resistance reverberatory furnace rolled sand silicate slag small quantity soft solder solidifying specific gravity square inch steel sulphide sulphur surface temperature tenacity thick Tombac toughness volatilised wire yellow zinc
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