Laiton: se réfère à a métal-like substance avec cuivre as the base metal and zinc as the main alloying element.
There are many types of brass, among which copper-zinc binary alloy is the simplest kind of brass, so it is called simple brass or ordinary brass.
General grades are H62 (62 percent copper) H65 (65 percent copper) H70 .H90 and so on.
In addition to ordinary brass, there are lead brass (such as HPb59-1), fer laiton, aluminium laiton, étain laiton et so on.
Cupronickel: Se réfère à a métal-like substance avec cuivre as the base metal and nickel as the main alloying element.
Il y a aussi beaucoup types de blanc cuivre , y compris ordinaire blanc cuivre (tel comme B10, B30% 2c B40% 2c etc.) , et zinc blanc cuivre (BZn15-20, etc.)
Bronze: Se réfère à un alliage avec cuivre as the base metal and non-zinc and non-nickel as the main alloying elements, that is, except for for for laiton and white copper, it is all bronze.