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Bronze Casting Information and the process of Bronze Casting

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Learn about the basics of Bronze Casting, types of Bronze
Casting, and the process of Bronze Casting.

Bronze has been the most sought-after metal for cast metal
sculptures in the bygone years. Bronze alloys have a desirable and unusual
property to expand slightly prior to their setting. This helps a great deal in
filling every corner of the mold. Their ductility and strength causes them to
be molded into any form. However, bronze has a basic disadvantage of not being
durable. Hence, there are hardly any traces of ancient bronze statues found.
Bronze casting generally takes place by a process called lost-wax casting.
Though, centrifugal and sand castings are also employed, around 90% of bronze
casting takes place through lost-wax casting.

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Brass Casting Information and the process of Brass Casting

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Learn about the basics of Brass Casting, types of Brass
Casting, and the process of Brass Casting.

Brass casting, as the name suggests, involves the use of
brass as the molten metal. Brass casting can be carried out by the way of sand
casting only. Sand casting can be defined as a ?cast part’ produced by
formation of a mold from a mixture of sand and pouring the casting liquid
(mostly molten metal) into mold. Then the air-cooling of the mold takes place.
After the solidification of metal, the removal of mold takes place. The metal
used here is brass. It is a known fact that brass is an alloy of copper and
zinc. Hence, to be precise, the molten metal consists of two elements. 

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Microsoft Products for Non-Profits

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Microsoft Products for Non-Profits

Microsoft products for non-profits are available at a discount for 501(c)3 non-profit organizations. Microsoft products such as Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Project Server 2007, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Windows Vista, and much more can be found at a discounted price through Genesis Technologies.

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