Definition of german silver German silver

Ger•man sil•ver

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What does german silver mean?

Noun
german silver - a silver-white alloy containing copper and zinc and nickel
		nickel silver, German silver

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german silver
An alloy of copper, 2 parts, nickel, 1 part, and zinc, 1 part. Owing to its high resistance and moderate cost and small variation in resistance with change of temperature, it is much used for resistances. From Dr. Mathiessen's experiment the following constants are deduced in legal ohms:
Relative Resistance (Silver = 1),
13.92
Specific Resistance at 0° C. (32F.),
20.93 microhms.
Resistance of a wire,
(a) 1 foot long, weighing 1 grain,
2.622
ohms.
1 foot long, 1/1000 inch thick,
125.91
"
1 meter long, weighing 1 gram,
1.830
"
1 meter long, 1 millimeter thick,
0.2666
"
Resistance of a 1 inch cube at 0°C. (32° F.),
8.240 microhms.
Approximate percentage increase of resistance per 1° C. (1.8° F.) at about 20° C. (68° F.), 0.044 per cent.