Argentine metal

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