Chemistry

Pewter is a grey alloy of tin with copper and antimony (formerly, tin and lead). It is a malleable metal alloy composed of 85–99% tin,…

Electropolishing represents the reversal of the electrolytic process. It is an electrochemical process that removes material from a metallic workpiece, reducing the surface roughness by…

Zinc pest, also known as zinc rot, is a destructive, intercrystalline corrosion process of zinc alloys containing lead impurities. In metallurgy, it is a problem…

Zamak is an alloy of four metals (zinc, aluminum, magnesium, and copper). It also is known as Zamac is a family of alloys with a…

Wet storage stain describes the white, generally powder-like substance that can form on the surface of a galvanized article. It is a type of zinc…

Gallium is a chemical element with the symbol Ga and atomic number 31. It is a blue-gray metal with an orthorhombic crystalline structure; very pure…

Potassium bicarbonate is a solid, crystalline, slightly alkaline, and salty material which is also known as potassium hydrogen carbonate or potassium acid carbonate. This is…

Nickel brass, (also known as German silver), is a copper alloy with nickel and often zinc. It is a gold-colored copper-zinc-nickel alloy. The usual formulation…

Sheffield plate is a copper-plated with silver by rolling and edging with silver film and ribbon, especially as produced in Sheffield between 1760 and 1840.…

Solderability refers to how easy a metal is to solder to. It is defined as the ability of a metal to be wetted by molten…

Salammonia, also known as ammonia or salmiac, is one of the few minerals composed of ammonium (NH4) and is the best-known of minerals containing ammonium.…

Strontium carbonate (SrCO3) belongs to the strontium carbonate salt which is found as mineral strontianite in nature. It is a powder which is dry, odorless,…