Mixed Metals: Or, Metallic Alloys |
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... composition . The oxides are readily decomposed by heat in consequence of the feeble affinity between the metal and oxygen . 2. Copper Group . - Copper , Mercury , Lead , and Bismuth . They do not decompose water , even at a red heat ...
... composition . The oxides are readily decomposed by heat in consequence of the feeble affinity between the metal and oxygen . 2. Copper Group . - Copper , Mercury , Lead , and Bismuth . They do not decompose water , even at a red heat ...
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... composition may be taken as— By Volume . By Weight . N 79 0 21 ZO N 77 0 23 100 100 A ton of air thus contains about 515 lbs . of oxygen . Air resembles oxygen in its properties , but is less active on account of the inactive nitrogen ...
... composition may be taken as— By Volume . By Weight . N 79 0 21 ZO N 77 0 23 100 100 A ton of air thus contains about 515 lbs . of oxygen . Air resembles oxygen in its properties , but is less active on account of the inactive nitrogen ...
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... composition of some alloys , such as shot metal , its general effect being to harden , and render the alloys brittle , and more fusible . Its compounds are used in medicine , and in glass making . IRON GROUP . IRON , CHROMIUM ...
... composition of some alloys , such as shot metal , its general effect being to harden , and render the alloys brittle , and more fusible . Its compounds are used in medicine , and in glass making . IRON GROUP . IRON , CHROMIUM ...
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... composition , as the quartz and felspar solidify before the mica . The same thing takes place in cooling fused mixed metals ; for when a mixture of lead and bismuth or bismuth and tin cools , a certain alloy of the metals falls out ...
... composition , as the quartz and felspar solidify before the mica . The same thing takes place in cooling fused mixed metals ; for when a mixture of lead and bismuth or bismuth and tin cools , a certain alloy of the metals falls out ...
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... composition of silicates has a marked influence upon their consistence when melted . The bisilicates , or silicates with an excess of silica , pass gradually from the solid to the liquid state , or conversely from the liquid to the ...
... composition of silicates has a marked influence upon their consistence when melted . The bisilicates , or silicates with an excess of silica , pass gradually from the solid to the liquid state , or conversely from the liquid to the ...
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