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# Bronze

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Bronze is a metal alloy that is usually created by combining Tin and Copper. Bronze was the first alloy that was used by humans. The first nation that used Bronze was Egypt about 3500 years B.C. This gave the name for the Bronze Age.

Bronze is used for manufacturing engineering parts and castings. The main things that are made out of it are pump parts, bearings , bells, electrical components, gears, valves, and other things.

Mainly the Bronzes are classified as -

Aluminum Bronze, Leaded Bronze, Tin Bronze, and Silicon Bronze.

Bronze articles are usally cast in a foundry.

Piece of bronze | Fragment of a bronze portrait of Marcus Aurelius

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Category: Alloys

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