Look up: nickel-silver

1. nickel silver
   [n] - a silver-white alloy containing copper and zinc and nickel
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2. Nickel Silver
   Copper nickel zinc alloy.
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3. nickel silver
   white alloy of nickel, copper and zinc commonly used as the base metal for electroplating. The result is called electroplated nickel silver (epns). Being a similar colour to silver, worn areas are less obvious than when copper is the base metal. Nickel silver was also marketed as German silver and argentan.
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4. nickel silver
   German silver noun a silver-white alloy containing copper and zinc and nickel
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5. Nickel silver
   Also known as German silver. Alloy of copper, nickel and zinc. Used for a time as material for circulation coinage in Switzerland (1850) and in Austria (1915).
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6. Nickel Silver
   Nickel Silver (German Silver, Pack-Fong) is an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc in different proportions. Sometimes lead is added if the alloy is destined for making candlesticks or casts.
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7. Nickel silver
   Copper alloy, nominal composition 18-25% Zn, 8-12% Ni remainder copper.
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8. Nickel silver
   A copper-based alloy with zinc and nickel, used for example in cutlery.
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9. Nickel silver
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10. nickel-silver
    (from the article `nickel processing`) ...copper). It was from this ore, studied by Axel Fredrik Cronstedt, that nickel was isolated and recognized as a new element in 1751. In 1776 it was ... The ancient Chinese alloy pai-t`ung, now known as nickel-silver, contains 10–30 percent nickel with the balance copper plus zinc. This alloy...
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