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alpaca

English translation: nickel silver

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Spanish term or phrase:alpaca
English translation:nickel silver
Entered by: Maria-Teresa Zenteno

15:29 Jan 13, 2014
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Mining & Minerals / Gems / Quisiera saber si puedo traducir "alpaca" como "plata", o no.
Spanish term or phrase: alpaca
La piedra del colgante es en lapis lazuli y el metal es alpaca.
Maria-Teresa Zenteno
Canada
Local time: 16:38
nickel silver
Explanation:
"Nickel silver, German silver,[1] Argentan,[1] new silver,[1] nickel brass,[2] albata,[3] alpacca,[4] or electrum[5] is a copper alloy with nickel and often zinc. The usual formulation is 60% copper, 20% nickel and 20% zinc.[6] Nickel silver is named for its silvery appearance, but it contains no elemental silver unless plated."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_silver

"La alpaca, plata alemana, metal blanco, plata nueva o argentán es una aleación ternaria compuesta por zinc (8 a 45 por ciento), cobre (45 a 70 por ciento) y níquel (8 a 20 por ciento), con un color y brillo parecido al de la plata, muy semejante a la plata real."
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpaca_(aleación)
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Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 22:38
Grading comment
Thank you, Charles!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4nickel silver
Charles Davis
4 +1nickel silver
Claudia Luque Bedregal
4alpaca / nickel silver
erowe
4Alpaca silver or Nickel silver
Mariano Guirao Davis


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
nickel silver


Explanation:
"Nickel silver, German silver,[1] Argentan,[1] new silver,[1] nickel brass,[2] albata,[3] alpacca,[4] or electrum[5] is a copper alloy with nickel and often zinc. The usual formulation is 60% copper, 20% nickel and 20% zinc.[6] Nickel silver is named for its silvery appearance, but it contains no elemental silver unless plated."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_silver

"La alpaca, plata alemana, metal blanco, plata nueva o argentán es una aleación ternaria compuesta por zinc (8 a 45 por ciento), cobre (45 a 70 por ciento) y níquel (8 a 20 por ciento), con un color y brillo parecido al de la plata, muy semejante a la plata real."
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpaca_(aleación)

Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 22:38
Does not meet criteria
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 72
Grading comment
Thank you, Charles!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rosa Paredes
11 mins
  -> Thanks, Rosa :)
agree  psicutrinius
39 mins
  -> Thanks, psicutrinius :)
agree  Claudia Luque Bedregal: ¡Feliz año nuevo para ti también Charles! :)
46 mins
  -> ¡Muchas gracias, Claudia! Saludos, y feliz año nuevo :)
agree  philgoddard: I wonder why it has the same name as an Andean mammal.
1 hr
  -> It's strange, isn't it? The name of the animal seems to come from Aymara allpaca, related to Quechua p'ake "yellowish-red", but as the name of a metal alloy it's said to be of "uncertain origin". Anyway, thanks, Phil!
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
nickel silver


Explanation:
alpaca = metal blanco
1. m. Aleación de color, brillo y dureza semejantes a los de la plata, que ordinariamente se obtiene mezclando cobre, níquel y cinc.



Claudia Luque Bedregal
Italy
Local time: 22:38
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 19
Notes to answerer
Asker: Gracias Claudia por tu ayuda. MTZ


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  psicutrinius
39 mins
  -> Thank you psicutrinius!
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
alpaca / nickel silver


Explanation:
Alloy of copper, zinc and nickel. Silver-colored, tarnish-resistant. Often called "nickel silver." Clean with any brass cleaning solution or commercial metal-brightening product.
http://www.richmondvillages.com/products/materials.htm

en.mimi.hu › Jewelry ‎
Alpaca (or alpacca) is an alloy of 65% copper, 19% zinc, 14% nickel and 2% silver. Alpaca , used as a base metal and heavily plated with silver,

erowe
Spain
Local time: 22:38
Meets criteria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Gracias Erowe!

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Alpaca silver or Nickel silver


Explanation:
Alpaca silver is a metal alloy of copper with nickel and often but not always zinc. The usual formulation is 60% copper, 20% nickel and 20% zinc. It is named alpaca silver for its silvery appearance, but contains no elemental silver unless plated. (from http://www.ask.com/question/what-is-alpaca-silver);
Nickel silver, German silver,[1] Argentan,[1] new silver,[1] nickel brass,[2] albata,[3] alpacca,[4] or electrum[5] is a copper alloy with nickel and often zinc. The usual formulation is 60% copper, 20% nickel and 20% zinc.[6] Nickel silver is named for its silvery appearance, but it contains no elemental silver unless plated. (from Wikipedia)


    Reference: http://www.ask.com/question/what-is-alpaca-silver
    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_silver
Mariano Guirao Davis
Spain
Local time: 22:38
Does not meet criteria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Gracias Mariano!

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