Tombac
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An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, and containingabout 84 per cent of copper; -- called also German, or Dutch, brass.It is very malleable and ductile, and when beaten into thin leaves issometimes called Dutch metal. The addition of arsenic makes whitetombac. [Written also tombak, and tambac.]
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