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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 5361664, member: 66&quot;]You could try it, but the resulting alloy will be high in copper and short on zinc.&nbsp; Zinc has a much lower melting point than copper, in fact it boils at a lower temperature than copper melts.&nbsp; So as the cents melt some percentage of the zinc will boil off.&nbsp; trying to get an exact percentage composition with bronze or brass is not easy.&nbsp; You have to use a surplus of zinc because part of it will boil off in the melting and pouring of the metal.&nbsp; Timing can also be critical because the longer you hold the melt molten the more zinc is lost.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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