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Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin (usually, it can be copper & arsenic). The alloying of copper and tin creates new "phases" in the metallic structure.
The copper has one main "phase" in it.
It's like breaking a chocolate chip cookie (representing the bronze alloy) compared to a regular sugar cookie (representing copper). If you try to break the chocolate chip cookie by sliding it in 2 directions (picture placing your hands on the cookie and having one pull straight back while the other pushes forward), the cracks need to work their way around the Chocolate Chips (which represent the harder phases).
Doing the same thing with a sugar cookie (representing copper), the cracks will form more easily because they do not have to go around the harder chocolate chips (the harder phases).
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Does bronze or copper cost more?
bronze costs more than copper
Did the Bronze Age come before the Copper Age?
Yes because bronze is made of copper so copper was around before bronze
What are bronze medals made from?
either gold,silver, or bronze
How much copper is in bronze?
Bronze is an imprecise term but 88 to 90 per cent copper should be close.
Did American Indians have a bronze age?
The Inuits near Baffin Bay did use meteorites to make iron blades ....... The Old Copper Culture ( Michigan and Wisconsin ) used copper ...... The Incas used copper and bronze
Why isn't pure copper used for bells instead of bronze?
The sound is the better and bronze looks better. It is much tougher and it can withstand rust.
What does copper have to do with the Bronze Age?
Copper was a significant resource in the Bronze Age as. along with tin, copper is a component of bronze.
What is an alloy consisting of Copper Zinc and Tin?
the mixture of copper and tin is made to bronze.
What is a mixture of tin and copper?
Bronze is the mixture of tin and copper. Bronze is an alloy that is much harder than copper. Many things were made out of bronze in a time period known as the Bronze Age.
Is a bronze medal made of bronze?
the color bronze is seen as cheap color gold and silver are worth more, the better you do the better you get. they don't use other colours because colours are not worth anything they have no realness to them . gold silver and bronze are wroth money.
Why was bronze better than copper as a material use in making tools?
Bronze doesn't spark or flake. In some cases, bronze hammers are used to tap things like bearings into place to avoid contamination from chips flying off like you get with a steel hammer.
Bronze is composed of copper and what other element?
Bronze is an alloy made from Copper and Tin.
What is an arsenical bronze?
An arsenical bronze is a natural alloy of tin consisting of a small amount of arsenic, of a better quality than pure copper.
Does bronze or copper cost more?
bronze costs more than copper
How are cooper and bronze different?
Copper is an element. Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin.
What elements are in bronze?
Bronze is an alloy of Copper (Cu) and Tin (Sn). scooby doo
Did the Bronze Age come before the Copper Age?
Yes because bronze is made of copper so copper was around before bronze
