Material	Brass
	Brass is a yellow alloy used in musical instruments, riffel cartridges and cutlery (under silver plating). Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc. Brass with a lower zinc content (30%) has an excelent formability and is often refered to as cartridge brass. Higher zinc contents gives good casting and machining properties.
Danish Name	Messing
Category	Metals
Products	Trompet (musical instrument) Riffel cartridge Cutlery
Photo	Thomas Nissen (Computer graphics)
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