spelter
IPA: spˈɛɫtɝ
noun
- (uncountable) zinc, often in blocks or ingot form.
- (uncountable, countable) Zinc alloyed with another metal (especially copper), used as a solder.
- (countable) An objet d'art made from zinc.
verb
- To combine copper and metallic zinc to form an alloy.
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Examples of "spelter" in Sentences
- Spelter is an obsolete word for zinc.
- Spelter has a post office with ZIP code 26438.
- I must query the equivalence between spelter and pewter.
- The Kenricks also owned a spelter zinc works at nearby Copperas.
- The metal is known in commerce as "spelter" when in ingots, and as sheet zinc when rolled.
- "spelter," which is really only finely granulated fusible brass, is used for brazing iron joints.
- -- The alloy used for this purpose is termed "spelter," and brass, zinc and tin are its usual components.
- For sentimental reasons I had brought with me the spelter lancer that Bella had drawn on that memorable day.
- The second is "spelter," or soft fusible brass, and the third is an alloy of silver and brass called silver solder.
- Zinc (pronounced/ˈzɪŋk/, from German Zink), also known as spelter, is a metallic chemical element; it has the symbol Zn and atomic number 30.
- About two hundred and fifty million pounds of crude zinc, or "spelter," are produced in the United States; forty-five million pounds were exported in 1900, mainly to Great Britain.
- "This is what is called spelter, or the pig of zinc, and this is what is sold to refiners, who take out all the dross or impurities so it can be rolled or used for galvanizing iron, or for other purposes."
- Mulcahy approached the makeshift altar, its linen crisp, white, and bare apart from the candle sconces and a small plain wooden cross with a grey spelter figure of Christ attached to it with jagged-looking pins.
- The major part of the zinc concentrates necessary for the making of spelter is mined in Australia, and these mines, before the war, were owned by a wonderful combination of German metal companies through direct ownership or under long contracts, and 80% of all the zinc concentrates went directly to Germany while Britain got 3%.