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[Irons]

Irons:
Your right, as Rusty pointed out (Wikipedia) copper and zinc = brass. Somehow I thought it was copper and tin = brass.
I know when you handle allot of bronze It starts to stink with that bronzy smell, and I always thought that was from it's zinc content that made it stink.

I learned something today guys (thanks Rusty). I learned that brass and bronze alloys are so vast that it can be confusing, and I learned that I mite be dyslexic as I think I already knew this and got crossed up or something.

I'll see if I can justify my dyslexic thinking with a quote from Wiki under Brass Types.

"Admiralty brass contains 30% zinc, and 1% tin"
"Aich's alloy typically contains 60.66% copper, 36.58% zinc, 1.02% tin, and 1.74% iron"
"Cartridge brass is a 30% zinc brass with good cold working properties. Used for ammunition cases".
My bad

Ray

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