brass
alloy of copper and zinc
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brass
Summary
brass is a type of chemical entity[1]. brass ranks in the top 0.91% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,011 views/month, #114 of 12,596).[2]
Key Facts
- brass's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[3].
- brass is a type of copper-based alloy[4].
- brass is used for coin[5].
- brass is used for machine element[6].
- brass's Commons category is recorded as Brass[7].
- brass comprises copper[8].
- brass comprises zinc[9].
- brass's crystal system is recorded as cubic crystal system[10].
- brass's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Brass[11].
- brass's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12].
- brass's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
- brass's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[14].
- brass's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[15].
- brass's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[16].
- brass's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[17].
- brass's different from is recorded as bronze[18].
- brass's density is recorded as {'unit': 'Q844211', 'amount': '+8560'}[19].
- brass's thermal conductivity is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1463969', 'amount': '+121'}[20].
- brass's melting point is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25267', 'amount': '+932'}[21].
- brass's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[22].
- brass's tensile modulus of elasticity is recorded as {'unit': 'Q53448922', 'amount': '+115'}[23].
- brass's Poisson's ratio is recorded as {'amount': '+0.37'}[24].
- brass's compressive modulus of elasticity is recorded as {'unit': 'Q53448922', 'amount': '+50'}[25].
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Works and Contributions
Things named for brass include aurichalcite[26], a mineral species[27] and chalcophanite[28], a mineral species[29].
Why It Matters
brass ranks in the top 0.91% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,011 views/month, #114 of 12,596).[2] brass has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] brass is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]
Entities named for brass include aurichalcite[26], a mineral species[27] and chalcophanite[28], a mineral species[29].