Abyssinian gold

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Abyssinian Gold is the name of a brass - alloy . It consists of approximately 90–92% copper , 8–10% zinc , plated with up to 1% gold. However, the details vary from source to source. So there are other, sometimes very different information

  1. 90% copper, 8 ⅓% zinc, and 0.08-1% gold
  2. 88% copper, 11.5% zinc and 0.5% gold
  3. 72% copper, 27% zinc and 1% gold
  4. 84-94% copper, 6-12% zinc, 0.5-1.5% gold and 1% tin

The color of Abyssinian gold appears yellowish, similar to that of real gold.

The name of the alloy goes back to the fact that it was first known at the time of the last war in Abyssinia . It was mainly used in the 19th century in jewelry production ( bijouterie ).

Abyssinian gold is also often referred to as tallow gold , which has a similar composition.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Norman Emme Woldman, John P. Frick: Abyssinian gold . In: Woldman's engineering alloys . 9th edition. ASM International, Materials Park, OH 2000, ISBN 0-87170-691-1 , pp. 22 ( asminternational.org [PDF]).
  2. ^ A b Samuel Fallows: Talmi gold . In: The progressive dictionary of the English language: a supplementary wordbook to all leading dictionaries of the United States and Great Britain . Progressive pub. Co., 1835, p. 432 .
  3. ↑ a b Abyssinian Gold
  4. ^ American Society for Testing Materials, William Campbell: A list of alloys with physical properties of typical alloys: (revised and amplified, 1930) . The Society, 1930, p. 7 .
  5. ↑ Entry on brass. In: Römpp Online . Georg Thieme Verlag, accessed on September 17, 2012.
  6. ^ Joseph Needham, Ling Wang, Gwei-djen Lu: Science and civilization in China . Cambridge University Press, 1974, ISBN 0-521-08571-3 , pp. 194 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  7. ↑ Norman Emme Woldman, John P. Frick: Woldman's engineering alloys . 9th edition. ASM International, Materials Park, OH 2000, ISBN 0-87170-691-1 , pp. 1089 .
  8. ^ American Society for Testing Materials, William Campbell: A list of alloys with physical properties of typical alloys: (revised and amplified, 1930) . The Society, 1930, p. 11 .