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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | A silver-like metal alloy that is composed of 85.5% [ | + | A silver-like metal alloy that is composed of 85.5% [[tin|tin]] and 14.5% [[antimony|antimony]]. The hard, shiny metal was easy to cast. Argentine alloy was used for casting statuettes and small ornaments. |
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Revision as of 14:11, 7 January 2014
Description
A silver-like metal alloy that is composed of 85.5% Tin and 14.5% Antimony. The hard, shiny metal was easy to cast. Argentine alloy was used for casting statuettes and small ornaments.
Authority
- G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 425
- Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
- The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998