arsenical bronze

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arsenical bronze

noun arsenical bronzes

  1. countable, uncountable A natural and artificial alloy of copper containing a small amount of arsenic, that oxidates less than pure copper and was widely used during the chalcolithic period. Oetzi the Iceman's axe was of arsenical bronze.

    Similar: arsenical copper

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@misc{arsenical_bronze_2026,
  title = {arsenical bronze},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/arsenical%20bronze},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}