What make of rail?

I have recently acquired some oo gauge flexible NiAg track which is not identified.

The sleepers are plain brown plastic and the rail is attached at every third sleeper by metal clamps. The actual rail is nickle silver.

Peter Abraham Montarlot

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peter abraham
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Er, nickel silver has no Ag in it.

Sorry, can't help you with the brand of track.

Reply to
Wolf Kirchmeir

Of course! force of habit.

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peter abraham

Wolf,

Ag is the chemical symbol for silver. OP's track is Nickel Silver based on the chemical make-up given by them.

It's not Hornby track, as that has chairs on every sleeper. Don't have any other brand, so cannot help further.

Reply to
Ian Cornish

But nickel silver does not normally actually contain any silver; it is an alloy of nickel, copper, and zinc.

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Dave Fossett

Nickel silver is actually a copper/nickel alloy. Called silver because it is used for "silver" coins.

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Christopher A. Lee

Nickel silver sounds similar to what was known as cupro-nickel, used as jacketing for British service 0.303 ammunition, and maybe for later calibres. Regards, Bill.

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William Pearce

You may be right. Nickel silver is technically a bronze (copper + tin) with nickel added, presumably to increase ductility. Bronzes tend to be brittle. Alloying metals is still somewhat of a black art. The properties of a metal aren't good guides to the properties of the alloy.

HTH

Reply to
Wolf Kirchmeir

The silver colour of this alloy is why it is called 'nickel silver' in the same way that what Americans call 'drill rod' we call silver steel again because of its colour.

Alan

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Alan P Dawes

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