aluminium bronze

British  

noun

1. any of a range of copper alloys that contain between 5 and 10 per cent aluminium

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Example Sentences

Another, known as aluminium bronze, possesses great hardness and tenacity.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various

I have had no experience with the aluminium bronze screen.

From Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students by Johnson, J. C. F. (Joseph Colin Frances)

Screens of different materials and with different orifices are used; the materials comprise wire cloth of brass or steel, tough Russian sheet iron, English tinned plate, and, quite recently, aluminium bronze.

From Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students by Johnson, J. C. F. (Joseph Colin Frances)

Pewter is composed of Sn and Pb; brass, of Cu and Zn; German silver, of brass and Ni; bronze, of Cu, Sn, and Zn; aluminium bronze, of Cu and Al.

From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Williams, Rufus Phillips

A long tube covered with aluminium bronze lights when held in one hand—the other touching the terminal of the coil—quite powerfully.

From Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency by Tesla, Nikola