"tony sayer" wrote in message
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In article , Dave Plowman (News)
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In article ,
tony sayer wrote:
...AKA crapite

aka 'monkey metal'

What exactly is that stuff made of?.....

Muckite? IIRC it's properly called zinc alloy.

When Spouse was a metallurgist in the 60s and 70s it was called muck metal.


Yes..Hence the original question, what's in the alloy?.....

Largely zinc, alloyed with various other white metals. It has a low casting
point and plates well but has little strength. It was very good for cast
toys such as Dinky models.

We once locked ourselves out of a Transit and although he's not a big man
(5' 5" x 9 stones) he simply exerted arm pressure on the back door handle
and it broke. We were in.

Mary
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Tony Sayer