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Spelter

noun
1.
Impure zinc containing about three percent lead and other impurities (especially in the form of ingots).





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"Spelter" Quotes from Famous Books



... fit of longin' on the night the Ger- mans came, All breathin' lioke a gas attack. The air was halcholic. We smelt 'em in the darkness, 'n' our rage went up in flame. It was envy, squealin' envy, put the ginger in the frolic. We shot 'em full of spelter, then went over it to spite The swines what drunk the liquor that was ...
— 'Hello, Soldier!' - Khaki Verse • Edward Dyson
... done by clamping the work in the jaws and heating until the flux, then the spelter has melted and run into the joint. Riveting and heading of rivets can be done by bringing the dies down on opposite ends of the rivet after it has been inserted in the hole, the dies being shaped to ...
— Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting • Harold P. Manly


Words linked to "Spelter" :   zinc, atomic number 30, Zn


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