German silver is used for making beautiful cutlery, jewellery or tea sets. It is made of 60% copper along with:

chromium and lead

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cobalt and iron

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nickel and zinc

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silver and lithium

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The correct option is D nickel and zinc
Nickel and zinc
German Silver is an alloy of copper, zinc and nickel, with a usual composition of $60 %$ Cu, $20 %$ Ni, and $20 %$ Zn. It was originally named for its silver-white colour, but the term 'silver' is now prohibited for alloys not containing that metal.

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