He keleawe keleawe me ka zinc ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻohui nui, nona ka waihoʻoluʻu melemele nani a kapa ʻia ʻo ia he keleawe.Kapa ʻia ka copper-zinc binary alloy he keleawe maʻamau a i ʻole keleawe maʻalahi.ʻO ke keleawe me ka ʻoi aku o ʻekolu yuan ua kapa ʻia he keleawe kūikawā a i ʻole keleawe paʻakikī.ʻO nā ʻāpana keleawe i loaʻa ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o 36% zinc i haku ʻia me ka hoʻonā paʻa a loaʻa nā waiwai hana anu.No ka laʻana, hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ke keleawe me 30% zinc no ka hana ʻana i nā pahu pōkā, i ʻike mau ʻia he keleawe pahu pahu a i ʻole ʻehiku-ʻekolu keleawe.ʻO nā mea hao keleawe me ka zinc content ma waena o 36 a me 42% ka mea i haku ʻia me ka hopena paʻa, ʻo ia ka mea maʻamau i hoʻohana ʻia ʻo ia ka keleawe ʻeono-ʻehā me ka ʻike zinc o 40%.I mea e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i nā waiwai o ke keleawe maʻamau, hoʻohui pinepine ʻia nā mea ʻē aʻe, e like me ka aluminika, nickel, manganese, tin, silicon, lead, etc. Hiki i ka alumini ke hoʻomaikaʻi i ka ikaika, paʻakikī a me ka pale ʻana o ke keleawe, akā e hoʻemi i ka plasticity. no laila, kūpono ia no nā paipu condenser holo moana a me nā ʻāpana pale ʻole.Hiki i ka tin ke hoʻoikaika i ka ikaika o ke keleawe a me ka pale ʻana i ka wai kai, no laila ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia he keleawe moana a hoʻohana ʻia no nā lako wela a me nā propellers.Hoʻonui ke alakaʻi i ka machinability o ke keleawe;hoʻohana pinepine ʻia kēia keleawe ʻoki manuahi i nā ʻāpana wati.Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia nā hoʻoheheʻe keleawe e hana i nā valves a me nā paipu paipu, etc.

ʻO Bronze ka mea i kapa mua ʻia i nā ʻāpana keleawe-tin, a ma hope o nā ʻāpana keleawe ʻē aʻe ma waho o ke keleawe a me ke kīʻaha i kapa ʻia he keleawe, a ua hāʻawi pinepine ʻia ka inoa o ka mea nui i hoʻohui ʻia ma mua o ka inoa o ke keleawe.ʻO ke keleawe keleawe ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻolei ʻana i nā waiwai, nā waiwai anti-friction a me nā waiwai mechanical maikaʻi, a ua kūpono ia no ka hana ʻana i nā bearings, nā mea ilo, nā mea hana, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe.ʻO ke keleawe alumini ka ikaika kiʻekiʻe, ke kūpaʻa maikaʻi a me ka pale ʻana i ka corrosion, a ua hoʻohana ʻia no ka hoʻolei ʻana i nā mea hoʻokele kiʻekiʻe, nā bushings, nā propellers moana, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. pūnāwai a me nā mea pili uila.Hoʻohana pū ʻia ke keleawe Beryllium e hana i nā mea hana ʻole i hoʻohana ʻia i nā mine lanahu a me nā waihona aila.