Monel metal
[moh-nel]
- a brand of alloy consisting mainly of nickel and copper.
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Monel metal
Monell metal
- trademark any of various silvery corrosion-resistant alloys containing copper (28 per cent), nickel (67 per cent), and smaller quantities of such metals as iron, manganese, and aluminium
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Word Origin
C20: named after A. Monell (died 1921), president of the International Nickel Co, New York, which introduced the alloys
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