
Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc. Some types of brass are called bronzes, despite their high zinc content. Brass is a versatile manufacturing material because of its hardness and workability. Alpha brasses, with less than 40% zinc, are malleable and can be worked cold. Beta brasses, with a higher zinc content, can only be worked hot, but are harder and stronger. White brass, with more than 45% zinc, is too brittle for general use. Some types of brass have other metals added to modify their properties. Brass has a yellow colour, somewhat similar to gold. Because of this, and its relative resistance to tarnishing it is used as a decoration. The malleablity and acoustic properties of brass have made it the metal of choice for musical instruments such as the trumpet. Instruments where the sound is produced by the vibration of the musician's lips are collectively known as brass instruments. Brass has been known to man since prehistoric times, long before zinc itself was discovered. It was produced by melting copper together with calamine, a zinc ore. During this process, the zinc is extracted from the calamine and instantly mixes with the copper. Pure zinc, on the other hand, is too reactive to be produced by ancient metalworking techniques. In some English dialects brass means money. There is an expression "Where there's muck there's brass". As brass is sometimes used as an inexpensive substitute for gold the term "brassy" has come to mean showy and tasteless. In the King James version of the Bible, there are different versions of brass mentioned. In 2 Chronicles, (written around 400 to 500 BC) 4vs16 speaks of a "bright brass" in the verse, "The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instrumnents, did Hu'ram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright brass." ==See also== *Prince's metal — an alpha brass. *Bronze — an alloy of copper with tin, and optionally zinc, silicon, nickel and other metals. *Cupronickel — an alloy of copper with nickel. *Brass instrument — a musical instrument usually made of brass. *Brass rubbing — reproduction of ''brasses'', commemorative plates laid down in British and European churches from the 13th Century onwards. *In the military, the ''brass'' are senior officers, who wear metal adornments sometimes made of brass. *''Brass'' refers to empty shell casings ejected from a firearm. Alloys simple:Brass
Good article. I'd like to see a section addressing the most common and/or most important uses of brass in industry today. Also, a section breaking down the most important centers of brass production (assuming there are any). Just a suggestion. Thanks.
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Brassaï
Brassall_State_Primary_School
Brassall_State_Primary_School
Brassard
Brassart
Brassavola
Brasschaat
Brassed_Off
Brasserie
Brasserie_à_vapeur
Brasserie_Cantillon
Brasserie_Cantillon
Brasserie_d'Orval
Brasserie_de_Rochefort
Brasserie_Nationale
Brasset
Brasseur_de_Bourbourg
Brasseye
Brassia
Brassica
Brassica
Brassicaceae
Brassicaceae
Brassicaceae
Brassicales
Brassicales
Brassicas
Brassica_campestris_ruvo
Brassica_juncea
Brassica_napobrassica
Brassica_napus
Brassica_nigra
Brassica_oleracea
Brassica_rapa
Brassica_rapa,_chinensis_group
Brassica_rapa,_ruvo_group
Brassica_rapa_rapa
Brassica_rapa_rapifera
Brassica_rapa_ruvo
Brassica_ruvo
Brassiere
Brassiere
Brassington
Brassinosteroid
Brassinosteroids
Brasso
Brassó
Brassrat
Brassratgirl
Brassratgirl
Brassratgirl/Archive
Brassratgirl/Archive1
Brasstown
Brasstown_Bald
Brassy's_Men
Brass_(disambiguation)
Brass_Band
Brass_band
Brass_band
Brass_bands
Brass_bands
Brass_Castle
Brass_Castle,_New_Jersey
Brass_Castle,_NJ
Brass_Era_car
Brass_Era_car
Brass_Era_vehicles
Brass_Eye
Brass_Eye
Brass_Eye_Special
Brass_instrument
Brass_instrument
Brass_instruments
Brass_instruments
Brass_knuckle
Brass_Knuckles
Brass_knuckles
Brass_Monkey
Brass_Monkey
Brass_quintet
Brass_rubbing
Brass
Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc. Some types of brass are called bronzes, despite their high zinc content. Brass is a versatile manufacturing material because of its hardness and workability. Alpha brasses, with less than 40% zinc, are malleable and can be worked cold. Beta brasses, with a higher zinc content, can only be worked hot, but are harder and stronger. White brass, with more than 45% zinc, is too brittle for general use. Some types of brass have other metals added to modify their properties. Brass has a yellow colour, somewhat similar to gold. Because of this, and its relative resistance to tarnishing it is used as a decoration. The malleablity and acoustic properties of brass have made it the metal of choice for musical instruments such as the trumpet. Instruments where the sound is produced by the vibration of the musician's lips are collectively known as brass instruments. Brass has been known to man since prehistoric times, long before zinc itself was discovered. It was produced by melting copper together with calamine, a zinc ore. During this process, the zinc is extracted from the calamine and instantly mixes with the copper. Pure zinc, on the other hand, is too reactive to be produced by ancient metalworking techniques. In some English dialects brass means money. There is an expression "Where there's muck there's brass". As brass is sometimes used as an inexpensive substitute for gold the term "brassy" has come to mean showy and tasteless. In the King James version of the Bible, there are different versions of brass mentioned. In 2 Chronicles, (written around 400 to 500 BC) 4vs16 speaks of a "bright brass" in the verse, "The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instrumnents, did Hu'ram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright brass." ==See also== *Prince's metal — an alpha brass. *Bronze — an alloy of copper with tin, and optionally zinc, silicon, nickel and other metals. *Cupronickel — an alloy of copper with nickel. *Brass instrument — a musical instrument usually made of brass. *Brass rubbing — reproduction of ''brasses'', commemorative plates laid down in British and European churches from the 13th Century onwards. *In the military, the ''brass'' are senior officers, who wear metal adornments sometimes made of brass. *''Brass'' refers to empty shell casings ejected from a firearm. Alloys simple:Brass
Brass
Good article. I'd like to see a section addressing the most common and/or most important uses of brass in industry today. Also, a section breaking down the most important centers of brass production (assuming there are any). Just a suggestion. Thanks.
See other meanings of words starting from letter:
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BA | BC | BD | BE | BF | BG | BH | BI | BJ | BK | BL | BM | BN | BO | BP | BR | BS | BT | BU | BW | BX | BY | BZ |Words begining with Brass:
Brass
Brass
Brass-knuckles
Brassai
Brassaï
Brassall_State_Primary_School
Brassall_State_Primary_School
Brassard
Brassart
Brassavola
Brasschaat
Brassed_Off
Brasserie
Brasserie_à_vapeur
Brasserie_Cantillon
Brasserie_Cantillon
Brasserie_d'Orval
Brasserie_de_Rochefort
Brasserie_Nationale
Brasset
Brasseur_de_Bourbourg
Brasseye
Brassia
Brassica
Brassica
Brassicaceae
Brassicaceae
Brassicaceae
Brassicales
Brassicales
Brassicas
Brassica_campestris_ruvo
Brassica_juncea
Brassica_napobrassica
Brassica_napus
Brassica_nigra
Brassica_oleracea
Brassica_rapa
Brassica_rapa,_chinensis_group
Brassica_rapa,_ruvo_group
Brassica_rapa_rapa
Brassica_rapa_rapifera
Brassica_rapa_ruvo
Brassica_ruvo
Brassiere
Brassiere
Brassington
Brassinosteroid
Brassinosteroids
Brasso
Brassó
Brassrat
Brassratgirl
Brassratgirl
Brassratgirl/Archive
Brassratgirl/Archive1
Brasstown
Brasstown_Bald
Brassy's_Men
Brass_(disambiguation)
Brass_Band
Brass_band
Brass_band
Brass_bands
Brass_bands
Brass_Castle
Brass_Castle,_New_Jersey
Brass_Castle,_NJ
Brass_Era_car
Brass_Era_car
Brass_Era_vehicles
Brass_Eye
Brass_Eye
Brass_Eye_Special
Brass_instrument
Brass_instrument
Brass_instruments
Brass_instruments
Brass_knuckle
Brass_Knuckles
Brass_knuckles
Brass_Monkey
Brass_Monkey
Brass_quintet
Brass_rubbing
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