Brass
A copper alloy whose principal alloying element is zinc.
How it connects
Brass is a kind of Copper alloy.
Brass is filed under Metal.
Brass is typically found in Bar.
Other kinds of Copper alloy: Bronze, Gunmetal and Nickel silver.
Same word, another term: Brass in Finish.
In other taxonomies
- BrassUniclass, Ma_40_52_08nearly the same
- brass (alloy)Getty AAT, 300010946nearly the same
- brassWikidata, Q39782nearly the same
For developersRecord, identifiers and graph
Where it sits
One rule per term beside it, taller for each narrower term
Brass
4 terms, Brass to Nickel silver
The word “brass”
3 meanings
- BrassMaterial, this termNo default
- brassColorScope named colorNo default
- BrassFinishNo default
Record
- Broader
- Copper alloy
- Relations
- Typically in Bar
- Provenance
- referencedhttps://archive.copper.org/applications/industrial/DesignGuide/terms.php, read 30 Aug 2026
For machines
Permanent address
/id/material/brassKnowledge graph
Stored incoming and outgoing relations from the public V1 graph. Ancestors, descendants, and siblings are labelled as derived views rather than stored facts.
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- belongs-to-axisMaterialoutgoing
- belongs-to-facetMaterialoutgoing
- broaderCopper alloyoutgoing
- typically-inBaroutgoing
- narrowerCopper alloyincoming
- typically-containsBarincoming
Derived hierarchy views
- ancestor (derived)Copper alloyoutgoing
- ancestor (derived)Non-ferrous metaloutgoing
- ancestor (derived)Metaloutgoing
- sibling (derived)Bronzeoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Gunmetaloutgoing
- sibling (derived)Nickel silveroutgoing
Crosswalks
| Scheme | Identifier | Their label, or the search | How close |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uniclass | Ma_40_52_08 | Brass | nearly the same |
| Getty AAT | 300010946 | brass (alloy) | nearly the same |
| Wikidata | Q39782 | brass | nearly the same |