Wood's metal

American  

Trademark.

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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Example Sentences

Use Wood's metal, or some other alloy which melts at or near the temperature of boiling water.

From The Radio Amateur's Hand Book by Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick)

Wood's metal, composed of Pb eight parts, Bi fifteen, Sn four, Cd three, melts at just above 60 degrees, or far below the boiling-point of water.

From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Williams, Rufus Phillips

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

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William

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.

From Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift Irish Tracts, 1720 to 1734 by Daly, J. Bowles (John Bowles)

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.

From Political Pamphlets by Saintsbury, George