Ithusi liyinto evamile yensimbi ezimpilweni zethu.Ekuqaleni lalibhekisela ku-copper-tin alloy.Kodwa embonini, ama-alloys ethusi aqukethe i-aluminium, i-silicon, i-lead, i-beryllium, i-manganese nezinye izinto zensimbi.Ukufakwa kwe-tube eyenziwe ngethusi le-tin, i-aluminium bronze, i-silicon bronze, ithusi eliholayo.Amashubhu ethusi angahlukaniswa abe izigaba ezimbili: amashubhu ethusi acutshungulwe ngokucindezela kanye namashubhu ethusi asakazwayo.Lokhu kufakwa kwamashubhu ethusi kungasetshenziselwa izingxenye ezingaphansi kokungqubuzana noma ukugqwala ezimbonini ezifana nemishini yamakhemikhali nezingxenye ezingagugi.