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why is zinc used in copper alloys? what property does copper get when zinc is added to it?

why is zinc used in copper alloys?  what property does copper get when zinc is added to it?

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nvda schdv
17 Points
7 years ago
zinc is generally used to make copper alloys as it occupies higher position in electrochemical series than copper thus it is highly electropositive in nature so when zinc is used in copper alloys it is being protected against any corrosion and its metallic properties are improved...

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