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Definition of white tombac

white tombac
Tombac Tom"bac, n. [Pg. tambaca,tambaque, fr. Malay tamb[=a]ga copper; cf. Skr. t[=a]mraka; cf. F. tombac.] (Metal.) An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, and containing about 84 per cent of copper; -- called also German, or Dutch, brass. It is very malleable and ductile, and when beaten into thin leaves is sometimes called Dutch metal. The addition of arsenic makes white tombac. [Written also tombak, and tambac.]

Meaning of white tombac from wikipedia

- noticeable reddish colour modern white tombac – CuZn10 that is zinc content 10%, with trace ****nic modern enamel tombac or emailler tombak – an alloy of...
- aluminium. However, Ballistol dissolves traces of copper, zinc, lead and tombac and can, therefore, be used to clean br****, bronze and silver. According...
- Craddock and Eckstein 2003, p. 227 Day 1991, pp. 179–181 Dungworth, D. & White, H. (2007). "Scientific examination of zinc-distillation remains from Warmley...
- suspended from a red ribbon with white-black-white stripes at the edges of the ribbon. It was made of br**** or tombac bronze with a silvered matte finish...
- guide for one year. The badge was not awarded after 1945. It was an oval tombac-plated iron pin-back badge, measuring 51.8 mm by 42.9 mm. The centre has...
- leather helmets. The version worn by the Prussian Gardes du Corps was of tombac (copper and zinc alloy) with silver mountings. That worn by the cuir****iers...
- metal (zinc) Muntz metal (zinc) Pinchbeck (zinc) Prince's metal (zinc) Tombac (zinc) Bronze (tin, aluminium or other element) Aluminium bronze (aluminium)...
- separated by two 0.5 mm wide white stripes. Apparently, there is a variation of the medal, being struck in silver as opposed to tombac, but this has not yet...
-  tical Collins Dictionary, p. tokay Merriam-Webster, p. tombac Collins Dictionary, p. tombac Merriam-Webster, p. trepang Bartlett, Harley Harris (1954)...
- The medallion of the medal is round, 33 mm (1.3 in) wide, and made of Tombac. The obverse of the medal depicts a right facing eagle surmounting the escutcheon...