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Wood's metal

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  1. a fusible alloy of 50 percent bismuth, 25 percent lead, 12.5 percent tin, and 12.5 percent cadmium; melts at 158°F (70°C): used in the valves of sprinkler systems.



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Michaels points specifically to the way two carbon composite “halves” wrap around the crown and skirt within the wood’s metal frame.

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Your paragraph relates further, that Sir Isaac Newton reported an assay taken at the Tower of Wood’s metal, by which it appears, that Wood had in all respects performed his contract.

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These melt between 91� and 95� C. The addition of cadmium gives still greater fusibility; in Wood’s metal, for instance, which is Darcet’s metal with half the tin replaced by cadmium, the melting point is lowered to 66�-71� C.; while another described by Lipowitz and containing 15 parts of bismuth, 8 of lead, 4 of tin and 3 of cadmium, softens at about 55� and is completely liquid a little above 60�.

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For example, Wood's metal, consisting of bismuth, lead, tin, and cadmium, melts at 60.5°.

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Your paragraph relates further, that Sir Isaac Newton reported an assay taken at the Tower, of Wood's metal, by which it appears that Wood had in all respects performed his contract.

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