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Tom′bak; Tom′bac.

(Malay, Tambaga, copper.) An East Indian alloy for cheap jewelry. Copper, 16; tin, 1; zinc, 1. Red tombak: copper, 11; zinc, 1. Arsenic is added to make white tombak.

There are a number of other varieties, the constituents and proportions of some of which are given:—

Copper.Zinc.Lead.Tin.
Tombak for making gilt articles82181.53
Tombak for making gilt articles821831
Tombak for making gilt articles82.317.5..0.2
French tombak for sword-handles, etc.8017..3
Yellow tombak of Paris, for gilt ornaments85.314.7....
Tombak for the same purpose, from Hanover8614....
Tombak of the Okar, near Goslar, in the Hartz8515..Trace.
Chrysochalk907.91.6..
Red tombak, from Paris928....
Red tombak, from Vienna97.82.2....

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