A Compendium of Useful Information for the Practical Man/Metal Alloys

Metal Alloy Percentages

In one hundred parts.

Babbit's metal - Tin 89, copper 3.7, antimony 7.3

Fine yellow brass - Copper 66, zinc 34

Gun metal, valves, etc. - Copper 90, tin 10

White brass - Copper 10, zinc 80, tin 10

German silver - Copper 33.3, zinc 33.4, nickel 33.3

Church bells - Copper 80, zinc 5.6, tin 10.1, lead 4.3

Gongs Copper - 81.6, tin 18.4

Lathe bushes - Copper 80, tin 20

Machinery bearings - Copper 87.5, tin 12.5

Muntz metal - Copper 60, zinc 40

Sheathing metal - Copper 56, zinc 44