Five bottles of eutectic alloys of various metals

Made:: 1885 in London

Five bottles of eutectic alloys of various metals to show the percentage which gives an alloy of the lowest melting point.

Bottle of eutectic alloy of bismuth and tin

1885

Bottle of eutectic alloy of bismuth and zinc

1885

Bottle of eutectic alloy of bismuth and cadmium

1885

Bottle of eutectic alloy of bismuth and lead

1885

Bottle of eutectic alloy of bismuth, zinc, tin, lead and cadmium

1885

Details

Category:: Heat

Object Number:: 1885-16

Materials:: glass, bismuth, zinc, tin, lead and cadmium

Measurements:: each jar: 100 x 55 mm

type:: eutectic alloy

credit:: Normal School of Science (Physical Laboratory, via Dr. F. Guthrie)

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