Editing Intermetallic (section)

==History==
Examples of intermetallics through history include:
* Roman yellow [[brass]], CuZn
* Chinese high tin [[bronze]], Cu<sub>31</sub>Sn<sub>8</sub>
* [[Type metal]], SbSn
* Chinese [[Cupronickel|white copper]], CuNi <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chinatoday.com.cn/English/e20026/sunzi1.htm|title=The Art of War by Sun Zi: A Book for All Times|publisher=[[China Today]]|access-date=2022-11-25|archive-date=2005-03-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050307083704/http://www.chinatoday.com.cn/English/e20026/sunzi1.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

German type metal is described as breaking like glass, without bending, softer than copper, but more fusible than lead.<ref>{{Cite book |first=George |last=Long |url={{google books|plainurl=y|id=joN6G1T6ZHIC}}|title=The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge |chapter=Type-pounding|date=1843 |publisher=C. Knight |language=en}}</ref>{{rp|454}} The chemical formula does not agree with the one above; however, the properties match with an intermetallic compound or an alloy of one.{{cn|date=January 2024}}