Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Materials Facet
3. Materials (hierarchy name)
4. materials (substances)
5. [materials by composition]
6. inorganic material
7. metal
8. [metal by composition or origin]
9. nonferrous metal
10. [copper and copper alloy]
11. copper alloy

Narrower term/s

• cartridge brass
• Muntz metal
• admiralty metal
• tin brass[+]
  • naval brass (tin brass type)
• red brass
• manganese bronze
• hard solder [NP]
• orichalcum
• tombac (alloy)
• latten
• Mannheim gold
• Prince's metal [NP]

Anotations

Scope note:

Alloy of copper and zinc, usually with copper as the major alloying element and zinc up to 40% by weight. For an alloy consisting mainly of copper, combined most often with tin, but at times also with other metals, use "bronze (metal)."