Bronze
metal alloy
English: Bronze is a metal alloy consisting primarily of copper, usually with tin as the main additive. It has been used since antiquity, with the Bronze Age named after it. Its exact formula varies widely, and is similar to brass in composition, particularly with older examples.
Español: Bronce
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Properties and types
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polished bronze, showing typical color
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Microscopic structure
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Aluminium bronze, microscopic structure
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Phosphor bronze propellor
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Phosphor bronze guitar string
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Phosphor bronze tenor saxophone
Techniques
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Bronzeworkers making wax shapes to use as molds, Kyoto, Japan, 1905
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casting
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casting
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with, and without, patination
Ancient bronzework
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Celtic Bronze Age castings
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sculpture of Marcus Aurelius, after 170 CE
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Cauldrons
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Korean vessel, 6th century CE, showing green patina due to copper content
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Corinthian helmets
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Danish Bronze-Age Lur; 13th-5th Century BCE
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wheel, Stade, Germany, ca 700 BCE
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ornament, 5th century BCE, Bulgaria
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Sword, Bronze Age
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Toutânkhamon trumpet
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Iranian plate
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Roman bronze dodecahedron found in Tongeren, Gallo-Roman Museum, Tongeren
Pre-modern usage
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Viking axe
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armour
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Exposición Pasión africana
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Door knocker, Bremen (Germany), ca 1405
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Taiwan statue
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Buddhist prayer wheels
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church font
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sundial
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sundial
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death mask
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tomb
Cannons
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Christiansholm, Kristiansand
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Cannon from Citadellet Frederikshavn in Copenhagen
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Spanish cannon
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Arcanus of Cesana%27s Sixteenth-Century Cannon in Southampton uk
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Dutch Cannon
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Portuguese cannon
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Portuguese cannon
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maine
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Russian cannon
Bells
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Italian bell
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bell
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Bulgarian bell
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bells
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Japanese bell
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church bell
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church bell
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ship bell
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ship bell
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church bell
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Notre dame cathedral
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church bell
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Chinese bell
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German bell
Sculpture
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Paris March of science
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Cupid
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Swiss statue
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Our Lady of Coventry
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cat
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building ornament
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photography
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statue
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Paris statues
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Knieendes Mädchen, sculpture by artist Margret Hofheinz-Döring, 1978
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David by Donatello-Bargello
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Canadian monument
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statue of Dmitry Mendeleev
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statue
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Bust of an important person
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controversial North Korean Statue
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controversial Lenin statue
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monumental statue
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German statue
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Buddhist statue
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Canadian statue
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statue
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Hindu statue
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Faraday
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statue
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Dutch statue
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mouse
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bear
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elephant
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Japanese statue
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Christian_V_(Kongens_Nytorv)
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Dragon
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lion
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fish king
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Santana de Parnaíba statue
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Swedish Griffin
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cow
Other Modern usage
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Olympic medal
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military medals
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model machinery
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Lamp
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fountain
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fountain
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drinking fountain
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ship propeller
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Young Woman Nursing Her Child, bas-relief sculpture by Alexandre Charpentier, 1883-1893
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architectural motif, Berkeley Public Library, Berkeley, California
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controversial embossed symbol
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church ornaments
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war memorial
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plaque
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embossed plaque of bell
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pillar
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door knob
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diving suit