Definition of Manganese bronze

1. Noun. A brass with from 1-4% manganese to harden it.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Manganese Bronze

mangakas
mangal
mangals
mangan-
manganapatite
manganarsite
manganate
manganates
manganbabingtonite
manganbelyankinite
manganberzeliite
manganesate
manganesates
manganese
manganese-55
manganese bronze (current term)
manganese nodule
manganese peroxidase
manganese steel
manganese tetroxide
manganeses
manganesian
manganesic
manganesious
manganesium
manganesous
manganetic
mangangordonite
manganhumite
mangani-

Literary usage of Manganese bronze

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"manganese bronze, as has been noted, is really a form of brass. ... For sheets and forgings, manganese bronze carries 60 parts of copper, 39 parts of zinc ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1893)
"THE following method is in use in this laboratory' for the determination of manganese in manganese bronze. It is an adaptation of a well-known method in ..."

3. Materials of Construction: Their Manufacture, Properties, and Uses by Adelbert Philo Mills (1915)
"The so-called manganese bronze, which is now commonly used for a great variety of purposes, is really a special brass, since it contains very large amounts ..."

4. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1919)
"manganese bronze* BY PE McKINNEY,t WASHINGTON, DC (New York Meeting, ... In the manufacture of manganese bronze a great deal has been said about the ..."

5. Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers by Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) (1895)
"Influence of Heat on the Tenacity of manganese bronze. ... that the strength of manganese bronze is approximately independent of the temperature •within ..."

6. The Elements of Machine Design by William Cawthorne Unwin (1903)
"manganese bronze is now made by introducing a proportion of ferro-manganese in bronze or brass. The manganese, like phosphorus, clears the alloy of oxide. ..."

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