Some companies are now making saxophones from phosphor bronze (3.5 to 10% tin and up to 1% phosphorus content).
According to the patent, this alloy consists of phosphor bronze with a 14.7% to 15.1% tin content by weight.
When assessed in strictly metallurgical terms it is not true phosphor bronze, but a form of iron-modified tin brass.
Phosphorus is also an important component in steel production, in the making of phosphor bronze, and in many other related products.
This has a spigot bearing the same size as the Range Rover but made of steel and not phosphor bronze.
A992 - made entirely from solid phosphor bronze (except keywork, which is brass)
The traditional wire materials are used, however iron has been replaced by steel and the modern phosphor bronze has been added to the list.
The phosphor bronze and brass are most commonly used.
A half hour of work brought him down to phosphor bronze, a huge casting of the almost incorruptible metal.
This makes the phosphor bronze slightly more corrosive resistant than 80/20 bronze.