Tombac
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
A white allow of copper; a metallic composition made by
mixing and
fusing together a large quantity of
zink with a smaller quantity of copper, with
arsenic.
Tombac
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
An
alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, and containing about 84 per cent of copper; -- called also German, / Dutch, brass. It is very
malleable and
ductile, and when beaten into thin leaves is sometimes called Dutch metal. The addition of
arsenic makes white tombac.
