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Definition of Cupronickel
1. Noun. A 60/40 alloy of copper and nickel.
Definition of Cupronickel
1. Noun. An alloy of copper containing from 10 to 40% nickel ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cupronickel
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cupronickel
Literary usage of Cupronickel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. America's Munitions 1917-1918: Report of Benedict Crowell, the Assistant by United States War Dept (1919)
"cupronickel is a hard alloy of copper and nickel. Steel would be the ideal covering
for a bullet because of its cheapness and availability, but steel has ..."
2. Surgery, Its Principles and Practice by William Williams Keen (1913)
"Its structure is as before, being a core of lead and tin composition inclosed in
a jacket of cupronickel. ..."
3. The Measurement of High Temperatures by George Kimball Burgess, Henri Le Chatelier (1912)
"... with platinum-iridium or rhodium couples, such compensating leads, made with
one wire of copper and the other of cupronickel (Ni from oi to 5 per cent). ..."
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