Admiralty brass

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Noun1.Admiralty brass - alpha-beta brass containing tinAdmiralty brass - alpha-beta brass containing tin; resistant to sea water; Admiralty Metal is a trademark
Admiralty Metal, naval brass, Tobin bronze
alpha-beta brass, Muntz metal, yellow metal - a brass that has more zinc and is stronger than alpha brass; used in making castings and hot-worked products
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The prototype condenser is constructed with an admiralty brass tube (UNS C443 [20]), carbon steel boxes, and Muntz brass plates (UNS C268).
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British metallurgists eventually solved the problem with adding arsenic, which produced "admiralty brass" (1) So, that was pretty much it for brass for about a half a century.
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