Writing up metallurgy for a campaign

Phantasm · 04-23-2014, 09:59 AM

Various low-tech metals that I'm aware of:

Bronze (copper-tin alloy): low tin content (2%-7%), regular tin content (~8%-12%), high tin content (up to 20%)
Brass (copper-zinc alloy): same zinc contents as tin with bronze
Pewter (tin-lead-antimony alloy)
Electrum (amalgam of gold and silver)
Iron: wrought iron (low carbon content), various grades of steel, cast iron (high carbon content)
Copper
Gold
Silver
Lead
Tin
Zinc
Quicksilver/Mercury

04-23-2014, 09:59 AM	#7
Phantasm Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: On the road again...	Re: Writing up metallurgy for a campaign Various low-tech metals that I'm aware of: Bronze (copper-tin alloy): low tin content (2%-7%), regular tin content (~8%-12%), high tin content (up to 20%) Brass (copper-zinc alloy): same zinc contents as tin with bronze Pewter (tin-lead-antimony alloy) Electrum (amalgam of gold and silver) Iron: wrought iron (low carbon content), various grades of steel, cast iron (high carbon content) Copper Gold Silver Lead Tin Zinc Quicksilver/Mercury __________________ "Life ... is an Oreo cookie." - J'onn J'onzz, 1991 "But mom, I don't wanna go back in the dungeon!" The GURPS Marvel Universe Reboot Project A-G, H-R, and S-Z, and its not-a-wiki-really web adaptation. Ranoc, a Muskets-and-Magery Renaissance Fantasy Setting