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Brass
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Brass
An alloy of copper and zinc. It has low friction and so is used in manufactured products such as gears and valves. It is also used in musical instruments.. It may be traded as a commodity on exchanges such as the London Metal Exchange.


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The 2008 Nosler and NoslerCustom catalog features the entire line of Accu-Bond, Ballistic Tip, Partition, Partition-HG, Custom Competition, Sporting Handgun bullets, muzzleloading sabots, Ballistic Silver Tip, E-Tip, Solid, NoslerCustom Cartridge Brass and NoslerCustom Rifles.
Those that were found sufficiently homogeneous to be used as microanalysis standards were Cartridge Brass (SRM 478) and Low-Alloy Steels (SRMs 461 and 463) (1).
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