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.

“Oetzi the Iceman's axe was of arsenical bronze.”

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arsenical copper
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Meanings

nounarsenical bronze (countable and uncountable, plural arsenical bronzes)

plural arsenical bronzes

  1. countableuncountableA 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: arsenical copper

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA 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.

Similar
arsenical copper
Also see
arsenical copper
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Chicago

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