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THE microstructure of the copper-tin alloys has been studied by Behrens, Charpy, Stead and others. Recently Messrs. Heycock and Neville {Phil. Trans. Royal Society, 1901; Glasgow meeting, British Association) have published several papers on the effect of quenching upon the microstructure. Behrens divides the bronzes into two principal groups those rich in copper, containing from 1 to 25 per cent, of tin, and those in rich in tin, containing more than 25 per cent. of tin. With the exception of the metals for mirrors (25 to 35 per cent. of tin), which appear homogeneous, Mr. Behrens says that in all bronzes a portion rich in copper or rich in tin may be detected, forming the fundamental mass, the former in alloys rich in copper, the latter in those rich in tin.
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Microscopical Examination of Alloys of Copper and Tin 1 . Nature 65, 354–356 (1902). https://doi.org/10.1038/065354a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/065354a0