Bronze

**bronze**
	metal alloy
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Instance of	material;
Subclass of	copper alloy; sculpture material;
Has part(s)	copper (0.88 ±0.01); tin (0.12 ±0.01);
Different from	brass;
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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[edit]

polished bronze, showing typical color
Microscopic structure
Aluminium bronze, microscopic structure
Phosphor bronze propellor
Phosphor bronze guitar string
Phosphor bronze tenor saxophone

Techniques[edit]

Bronzeworkers making wax shapes to use as molds, Kyoto, Japan, 1905
casting
casting
with, and without, patination

Ancient bronzework[edit]

Celtic Bronze Age castings
sculpture of Marcus Aurelius, after 170 CE
Cauldrons
Korean vessel, 6th century CE, showing green patina due to copper content
Corinthian helmets
Danish Bronze-Age Lur; 13th-5th Century BCE
wheel, Stade, Germany, ca 700 BCE
ornament, 5th century BCE, Bulgaria
Sword, Bronze Age
Toutânkhamon trumpet
Iranian plate
Roman bronze dodecahedron found in Tongeren, Gallo-Roman Museum, Tongeren

Pre-modern usage[edit]

Viking axe
armour
Exposición Pasión africana
Door knocker, Bremen (Germany), ca 1405
Taiwan statue
Buddhist prayer wheels
church font
sundial
sundial
death mask
tomb

Cannons[edit]

Christiansholm, Kristiansand
Cannon from Citadellet Frederikshavn in Copenhagen
Spanish cannon
Arcanus of Cesana%27s Sixteenth-Century Cannon in Southampton uk
Dutch Cannon
Portuguese cannon
Portuguese cannon
maine
Russian cannon

Bells[edit]

Italian bell
bell
Bulgarian bell
bells
Japanese bell
church bell
church bell
ship bell
ship bell
church bell
Notre dame cathedral
church bell
Chinese bell
German bell

Sculpture[edit]

Paris March of science
Cupid
Swiss statue
Our Lady of Coventry
cat
building ornament
photography
statue
Paris statues
Knieendes Mädchen, sculpture by artist Margret Hofheinz-Döring, 1978
David by Donatello-Bargello
Canadian monument
statue of Dmitry Mendeleev
statue
Bust of an important person
controversial North Korean Statue
controversial Lenin statue
monumental statue
German statue
Buddhist statue
Canadian statue
statue
Hindu statue
Faraday
statue
Dutch statue
mouse
bear
elephant
Japanese statue
Christian_V_(Kongens_Nytorv)
Dragon
lion
fish king
Santana de Parnaíba statue
Swedish Griffin
cow

Other Modern usage[edit]

Olympic medal
military medals
model machinery
Lamp
fountain
fountain
drinking fountain
ship propeller
Young Woman Nursing Her Child, bas-relief sculpture by Alexandre Charpentier, 1883-1893
architectural motif, Berkeley Public Library, Berkeley, California
controversial embossed symbol
church ornaments
war memorial
plaque
embossed plaque of bell
pillar
door knob
diving suit