Lead alloys are used in a range of applications including: Solder : lead solder is used extensively by the electronics industry Terne plate : iron and steel can be protected against corrosion by coating the surface with a lead based alloy. Brass and...
Nickel is known to have been discovered in 1751. As recently as a hundred years ago, it was still considered to be a worthless variety of copper. Miners in south-eastern Germany mistook a mixture of nickel and arsenic for copper. The name of the...
The Copper Arsenic master alloy is used in both ferrous as well as non-ferrous industries. The arsenic is added in low concentrations to improve the corrosion resistance of aluminum bronze, while small additions to brasses inhibit...