wood's metal

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wood's metal - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Wood's metal \Wood's" met"al\
     A fusible alloy consisting of one or two parts of cadmium,
     two parts of tin, four of lead, with seven or eight part of
     bismuth. It melts at from 66[deg] to 71[deg] C. See Fusible metal
     , under Fusible.
     [1913 Webster]

wood's metal - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Wood's metal
      n 1: a fusible alloy that is half bismuth plus lead, tin, and
           cadmium; melts at about 160 degrees Fahrenheit [syn:
           Wood's metal, Wood's alloy]