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Brass is an alloy made of zinc and copper. It is a very useful metal as it is fairly hard but malleable.
Brass has great acoustic properties and is used to make many musical instruments.The malleability
of brass is dependent on the zinc (and copper) composition. A brass alloy that contains more zinc is
less malleable.
Devise an experiment to determine the percentage composition of copper in the alloy so that the
most malleable one can be chosen.
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Approach: To measure the mass of copper in the 3 brass alloy by disolving the zinc, filtering and
weighing the copper.
Procedure: