brass
alloy of copper and zinc
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Key Facts
- Subclass of: copper-based alloy[1], sculpture material[2]
- Has use: coin[3], machine element[4], astrolabe[5], sculpture[6], building component[7], water well[8], reliquary[9], physical tool[10], coin type[11], work of art[12]
- Has part(s): copper[13], zinc[14]
- Crystal system: cubic crystal system[15]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[16], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[18], The New Student's Reference Work[19], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[20], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[21]
- Different from: bronze[22]
- Density: 8560 kilogram per cubic metre[23]
- Specific heat capacity: 377 joule per kilogram kelvin[24]
- Thermal conductivity: 121 watt per metre kelvin[25], 111 watt per metre kelvin[26]
- Speed of sound: 4430 metre per second[27]
- Fabrication method: metal casting[28]
- Melting point: 932 °C[29]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[30]
- Tensile modulus of elasticity: 115 gigapascal[31]
- Poisson's ratio: 0.37[32]
- Compressive modulus of elasticity: 50 gigapascal[33]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for brass include aurichalcite[34], a mineral species[35] and chalcophanite[36], a mineral species[37].
Why It Matters
Entities named for brass include aurichalcite[34], a mineral species[35] and chalcophanite[36], a mineral species[37].