Brass or Bronze

Brass or Bronze

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20 June 2016 at 11:02 #243524
ROBERT BLACKSHAW
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I was lucky this weekend at a car show, a trader selling a quantity of round material, aluminum, brass etc. One bit 35mm dia 600mm long, how can I tell if its brass or bronze, it has a red tint where its been cut a wave blemish on the out side and its very heavy, it was only £10 so a bargain if its only brass.
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20 June 2016 at 11:02 #8172
ROBERT BLACKSHAW
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20 June 2016 at 11:13 #243529
Russell Eberhardt
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Sounds like bronze to me. It often has that wavy marking on the surface.

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20 June 2016 at 11:30 #243532
JasonB
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The outside sounds like the spiral you get on bronze bar.
20 June 2016 at 11:57 #243536
mechman48
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Probably bronze, good bargain there.
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