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What are the components of brass?

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Brass is an ALLOY , a mixture of the metallic elements of copper and zinc.

They do NOT chemically combine.

A compound involves the exchange of electrons between the reacting atoms. A mixture(alloy) doe NOT involve this exchange of electrons.

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