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arsenical bronze

arsenical bronze noun: 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.

Noun

arsenical bronze (countable and uncountable, plural arsenical bronzes)

  1. 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.

Synonyms of arsenical bronze

Forms of arsenical bronze

pluralarsenical bronzes

Questions about arsenical bronze

What does arsenical bronze mean?
Arsenical bronze means 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.
What part of speech is arsenical bronze?
Arsenical bronze is a noun.
What is the plural of arsenical bronze?
The plural of arsenical bronze is arsenical bronzes.

Words near arsenical bronze in the dictionary

  1. arsenic triphosphide
  2. arsenic triselenide
  3. arsenic trisulfide
  4. arsenic trisulphide
  5. arsenical
  6. arsenical bronze
  7. arsenical bronzes
  8. arsenical copper
  9. arsenical iron
  10. arsenicalism
  11. arsenicals

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