blister copper

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noun Metallurgy.

a matte of from 96 to 99 percent copper, having a blistered surface after smelting because of gases generated during solidification.

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Origin of blister copper

First recorded in 1860–65

Words nearby blister copper

blissfully, bliss out, B list, blister, blister beetle, blister copper, blister gas, blistering, blister pack, blister rust, blister steel

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How to use blister copper in a sentence

I ended up developing a blister on one of my vocal cords, so that kinda sucked.
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You can find fourteen of these copper creations, all initially containing 3,900 liters of liquid apiece, on the Macallan estate.
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But the copper performs another important function: working as a catalyst in the distillation process.
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Why the size and shape of a copper still is at the core of whisky distillation.
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Blister rust is like having the flu; the pine beetle is like fast acting leukemia.
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The vicar's wife sat before a huge book, in front of her were little piles of copper money.
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Beds, in those days, were warmed with copper warming pans, and nightcaps adorned the slumbering heads of both sexes.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
Such a furnace worked there for many years, until copper smelting was removed from Cornwall to Wales.
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The Japanese use both copper and silver pipes, most of them similar in shape and size to those used by the Chinese.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
One evening at tea, a copper kettle, with hot water, stood on the hob.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow

British Dictionary definitions for blister copper

blister copper

noun

an impure form of copper having a blister-like surface due to the release of gas during cooling

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