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ZINC BRONZE [5 records]

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Record 1 2018-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dyes and Pigments (Industries)
DEF

The particles or flakes of nonoxidized metals or alloys used as pigments to modify the optical characteristics of a paint, to hide the substrate, modify the color or adjust other properties. The metals most commonly used are aluminum, bronze and zinc.

OBS

metallic pigment: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Teintures et pigments (Industries)
DEF

Pigment constitué par de fines particules de métal ou d'alliage mises en suspension dans un liant approprié pour fabriquer une peinture à pigmentation métallique.

OBS

Les principaux pigments métalliques sont : aluminium, zinc, bronze, argent, or, plomb.

OBS

pigment métallique : terme et définition normalisés par l'AFNOR.

OBS

pigment métallique : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nonferrous Metals and Alloys - Various
DEF

High tin bronze, containing up to 30 percent tin and some zinc and lead; used in casting bells.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Métaux et alliages non ferreux divers
DEF

Alliage de cuivre et d'étain entrant dans la fabrication des cloches.

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Copper and Copper Alloys (Metallurgy)
DEF

A copper-rich copper-tin alloy with or without small proportions of other elements such as zinc and phosphorus.

OBS

By extension, certain copper-base alloys containing considerably less tin than other alloying elements, such as manganese bronze(copper-zinc plus manganese, tin, and iron) and leaded tin bronze(copper-lead plus tin and sometimes zinc). Also, certain other essentially binary copper-base alloys containing no tin, such as aluminum bronze(copper-aluminum), silicon bronze(copper-silicon), and beryllium bronze(copper-beryllium). Also, trade designations for certain specific copper-base alloys that are actually brasses, such as architectural bronzes(57 Cu, 40 Zn, 3 Pb) and commercial bronze(90 Cu, 10 Zn).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cuivre et alliages du cuivre (Métallurgie)
DEF

Alliage de cuivre et d'étain à forte proportion en cuivre (le plus souvent supérieure à 80 %), se prêtant facilement à la mise en forme par moulage.

OBS

Le terme bronze est appliqué usuellement à d'autres alliages cuivreux tels que les cupro-aluminiums et certains laitons spéciaux contenant du manganèse.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cobre y sus aleaciones (Metalurgia)
DEF

Metal hecho de una aleación de cobre y de estaño.

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Record 4 2001-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lead, Zinc, Thallium and Cadmium Mining
  • Geochemistry
  • Mineralogy
CONT

Zinc minerals. Main source of zinc is sphalerite, but some smithsonite(calamine), hemimorphite, zincite, willemite and franklinite are mined. Main uses of the metal are in galvanizing, sheet zinc, die casting, pigments, dry batteries and alloys-brass, manganese bronze, German silver, etc.

OBS

zinc minerals: term rarely used in the singular as a collective noun.

Key term(s)
  • zinc mineral

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plomb, zinc, thallium et cadmium (Mines)
  • Géochimie
  • Minéralogie
DEF

Famille de minéraux qui comprend le zinc et ses composés.

DEF

Nom générique des minéraux renfermant du zinc.

OBS

zincides : terme collectif rarement utilisé au singulier (zincide).

Key term(s)
  • zincide

Spanish

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Record 5 1993-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nonferrous Metals and Alloys - Various
CONT

[Brazing techniques]... Use a good bronze rod, naval brass, manganese bronze or high zinc brass.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Métaux et alliages non ferreux divers
CONT

[Techniques de brasage] [...] Employer une baguette de bonne qualité, en bronze, en laiton naval, en bronze au manganèse ou en laiton au zinc.

Spanish

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