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Muntz metal

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Muntz metal

[muhnts] .

Origin:
1860–65; named after its inventor, G. F. Muntz, 19th-century English metallurgist and manufacturer

alpha-beta brass

[al-fuh-bey-tuh, -bee-]
–noun
an alloy of from 55 to 61 percent copper with from 39 to 45 percent zinc.
Also called Muntz metal.


Origin:
1915–20
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