phosphor bronze

American  

noun

1. a bronze, composed of about 80 percent copper, 10 percent tin, 9 percent antimony, and 1 percent phosphorus, having great hardness and resistance to corrosion.

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phosphor bronze British  

noun

1. any of various hard corrosion-resistant alloys containing copper, tin (2–8 per cent), and phosphorus (0.1–0.4 per cent): used in gears, bearings, cylinder casings, etc

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Etymology

Origin of phosphor bronze

First recorded in 1870–75

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Example Sentences

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phosphor bronze

Other uses are in the manufacture of special alloys such as ferrophosphorus and phosphor bronze.

From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019

All the parts are of brass except the valve proper, which is of phosphor bronze.

From An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design by David Allan Low

"I should want all the bushings of phosphor bronze."

From The Motormaniacs by Lloyd Osbourne

Says Industries: She is built of steel, with large phosphor bronze castings for stern post, shaft brackets, and stem, the latter terminating in a formidable ram.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891 by Various

You may know that phosphor bronze is the finest material for ship-building in the world, but the majority of 'em can't use it on account of the cost of the copper.

From The Iron Pirate A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea by Sir Max Pemberton

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