1) Crude zinc
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1) Zinc
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Spelter, while sometimes used merely as a synonym for zinc, is often used to identify a zinc alloy. In this sense it might be an alloy of equal parts copper and zinc, i.e. a brass, used for hard soldering and brazing, or as an alloy, containing lead, that is used instead of bronze. In this usage it was common for many 19th-century cheap, cast arti...
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zinc
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• (n.) Zinc; -- especially so called in commerce and arts.
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Zinc alloy, often containing lead, used as a substitute for bronze. Spelter was much used in the 19thC for cheap, cast articles such as candlesticks and clock cases. It was popular as an inexpensive medium for art Nouveau applied ornament and art deco figures.
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zinc in the form of slabs cast from the liquid obtained in the process of reducing the ores. Spelter is the most common commercial form of zinc ...
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Zinc alloy, often containing lead, used as a substitute for bronze. Spelter was much used in the 19thC for cheap, cast articles such as candlesticks and clock cases. It was popular as an inexpensive medium for art Nouveau applied ornament and art deco figures.
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Spel'ter noun [ Confer LG.
spialter , G. & Dutch
spiauter . Confer
Pewter .]
(Metal.) Zinc; -- especially so called in commerce and arts.
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Obsolete trade name for zinc. Antique trade name for a zinc-lead alloy used for small statues etc.
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Spelter is an alloy of copper and zinc in equal parts used for hard soldering and brazing. The term is also applied to zinc ingots formed by smelting.
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Original term applied to zinc and/or bismuth.
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A low-grade of Virgin Zinc containing approximately 98% Zinc used in Galvanizing processes.
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noun impure zinc containing about three percent lead and other impurities (especially in the form of ingots)
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The zinc of commerce, more or less impure, cast from molten metal into slabs or ingots.
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A low-grade of Virgin Zinc containing approximately 98% Zinc used in Galvanizing processes.
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