Klarinet Archive - Posting 000143.txt from 1994/05

From: "Jay Heiser, Product Manager, Govt Systems" <jayh@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Metals, alloys ...
Date: Fri, 6 May 1994 10:33:41 -0400

I prefer to think of all of them as 'Mystery Metal'.

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-->On Fri, 6 May 1994, Roger J. Shilcock wrote:
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-->> As far as I know, "nickel silver" is just a high-falutin name for an alloy
of
-->> copper and nickel, much used formerly in this country for making cutlery,
and
-->> highly suitable for plating with silver. It is also a common alloy for
coins.
-->> Roger Shilcock (no metallurgist !!!!)
-->
-->I'm no metallurgist either, but am pretty sure that nickel silver contains
-->a lot more than copper and nickel. It includes non-trivial amounts of
-->zinc, lead, and tin, as well as some manganese and iron. "Nickel silver"
-->is the perfectly proper designation for this copper based alloy, not just
-->trade hype.
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