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phosphor bronze

phosphor bronze noun: any alloy of copper with 3.5 to 10% tin and up to 1% phosphorus, notable for toughness, strength, low coefficient of friction, and fine grain.

Noun

phosphor bronze (countable and uncountable, plural phosphor bronzes)

  1. Any alloy of copper with 3.5 to 10% tin and up to 1% phosphorus, notable for toughness, strength, low coefficient of friction, and fine grain.
    • The connecting rods are one-piece forgings of alloy steel with a copper/lead steel-backed bearing at the large end and a phosphor-bronze bush at the small end.1958 April, “British Railways First Main-Line Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 265
    • The weight of the body and the traction and braking forces are taken by the conventional dished bogie centre pivot with phosphor-bronze liner; this type of centre pivot facilitates passage over marshalling yard humps.1962 December, “The B.R. standard diesel-electric Type 1 locomotive”, in Modern Railways, page 382

phosphor bronze meaning in Tamil

phosphor bronze in Tamil

பொசுபர் வெண்கலம், பாஸ்பர வெண்கலம், ஃபாஸ்ஃபரஸ் கலந்த வெண்கலம், பொசுபர்வெண்கலம்

Forms of phosphor bronze

pluralphosphor bronzes

Questions about phosphor bronze

What does phosphor bronze mean?
Phosphor bronze means any alloy of copper with 3.5 to 10% tin and up to 1% phosphorus, notable for toughness, strength, low coefficient of friction, and fine grain.
What is phosphor bronze in Tamil?
Phosphor bronze in Tamil is பொசுபர் வெண்கலம், பாஸ்பர வெண்கலம், ஃபாஸ்ஃபரஸ் கலந்த வெண்கலம். See Phosphor bronze meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is phosphor bronze?
Phosphor bronze is a noun.
What is the plural of phosphor bronze?
The plural of phosphor bronze is phosphor bronzes.

Words near phosphor bronze in the dictionary

  1. phosphoproteomics
  2. phosphopurification
  3. phosphopyruvate
  4. phosphopyruvates
  5. phosphor
  6. phosphor bronze
  7. phosphor bronzes
  8. phosphor-roesslerite
  9. phosphoramidase
  10. phosphoramidases
  11. phosphoramidate

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