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Is brass made from zinc and copper?

Updated: 8/10/2023
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13y ago

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The proportions of copper and zinc in brass can be varied over a wide range to make brass with varying properties

Yellow brass is 67% copper and 33% zinc

Red brass, or rose brass, is 85% copper and 15% zinc

There are a number of other formulations for brass of different properties.

To reduce confusion, modern usage is to avoid the term brass and speak of copper alloys.

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12y ago

Yes:

Brass is a homogeneous mixture (metal alloy) of at least

  • 56% Copper (Cu) and
  • 5% up to 41.5% Zinc (Zn) and with
  • smaller amounts of Tin (Sn), Lead (Pb), Ni(ckle), Iron (Fe) or Al(uminum)
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12y ago

Brass is an alloy (mixture of metals - mostly copper and zinc) while zinc is an element all by itself (as is copper).

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13y ago

Yes, Brass is an alloy made of copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn).

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13y ago

Zinc is an element.

Brass is an alloy traditionally containing copper and zinc.

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11y ago

Between 68 and 72 % depending on exact usage the part is for.

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15y ago

It depends on the alloy: 210 brass is 5% zinc, 220 brass is 10% zinc, 230 brass is 15% zinc, 260 brass is 30% zinc, and so on.

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14y ago

67 percent copper 33 percent zinc

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