Posted by Chuck(G) on May 05, 2001 at 10:08:27:
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: What constitutes the price of a tuba? posted by Joe S. on May 05, 2001 at 03:18:57:
I believe that the manganese is more of a hardener than anything else. Nickel alloys are pretty corrosion-resistant in general; I think it's the zinc in nickel-silver that makes it so much more corrosion-prone than monel.
Metallurgists please feel free to disabuse this layman.