ʻO ke keleawe he keleawe maʻemaʻe, hiki ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ke keleawe maʻemaʻe. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka conductivity a me ka plasticity, akā maikaʻi ka ikaika a me ka paʻakikī.
Wahi a ka haku mele, hiki ke hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā mea hana keleawe o Kina i ʻehā mau ʻāpana: ke keleawe maʻamau, ke keleawe ʻole oxygen, ke keleawe oxygenated a me ke keleawe kūikawā e hoʻonui ai i kekahi mau mea hoʻohui (e like me ke keleawe arsenic, tellurium copper, keleawe keleawe). ʻO ka uila a me ka thermal conductivity o Copper ka lua wale nō ma mua o ke kālā, a hoʻohana nui ʻia ia i ka hana ʻana i nā mea uila a me ka thermally conductive.
ʻO ke koʻokoʻo keleawe he mea i hana ʻia me ke keleawe a me ka zinc alloy, i kapa ʻia no kona kala melemele. Loaʻa i ke koʻokoʻo keleawe nā waiwai mechanical maikaʻi a me ke kūpaʻa ʻaʻahu. Hoʻohana nui ʻia ia i ka hana ʻana i nā mea hana pololei, nā ʻāpana moku, nā ʻāpana kaʻa, nā mea lapaʻau, nā mea uila a me nā ʻano mea kōkua mechanical āpau, nā apo niho synchronizer automotive.