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Definition of Cartridge brass
1. Noun. An alloy of copper and zinc (containing about 30% zinc) that is wrought into cartridges or tubing.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cartridge Brass
Literary usage of Cartridge brass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1921)
"PREPARATION OF SPECIMENS The material used was cartridge brass 0.400 in. thick,
having the following composition: Copper 66.60 per cent., zinc 33.35 per ..."
2. Manufacture of Artillery Ammunition by John Herbert Van Deventer, E. A. Suverkrop, Robert Mawson, Fred Herbert Colvin (1917)
"cartridge brass should analyze about 70 per cent, copper and 30 per cent, spelter,
though a variation of plus or minus 1 or 2 per cent, is usually allowed. ..."
3. The Zinc Industry by Ernest Alfred Smith (1918)
"As it is subject to the severest of treatment, cartridge brass requires that both
the ... In the case of cartridge brass, the maximum effect of annealing is ..."
4. Transactions by American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Metallurgical Society of AIME, Society of Mining Engineers of AIME., Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (U.S.). (1921)
"PREPARATION OF SPECIMENS The material used was cartridge brass 0.400 in. thick,
having the following composition: Copper 66.60 per cent., zinc 33.35 per ..."
5. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1899)
"These refractory qualities are good for such classes of material as spinning or
cartridge brass, but are detrimental to such classes as clock brass or screw ..."
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