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Iron is more brittle than bronze and is harder, but iron rusts and bronze doesn't.
Iron is a pure substance and is oxidised relatively easily. Iron has to be coated with paint, oil, plastic, chrome, zinc to stop it from reacting with the oxygen in the air.
Bronze, however, is a mixture of copper and tin. Bronze tools were used by many civilizations but iron tended to be stronger. Especially the alloy of iron that is mixed with carbon to form steel. Civilizations that had iron weapons tended to be able to conquer those that did not. A good example is the way Europeans conquered South America or indigenous populations in many countries.
AnswerBronze is a mixture of Copper and Tin and harder than pure Iron which is a single metal. The addition of other metals such as 1 to 2% phosphorus makes bronze even harder. This is why Phosphor-Bronze is used for bearings. Some modern Bronzes have used other metals in the alloy such as aluminum, manganese, and zincThe main advantage of iron, and why humans used it more, is simply that it is cheaper and more abundant.
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∙ 9y agoBronze is an alloy that primarily consists of copper. Copper is soft and malleable. Bronze is harder than copper is. Copper is used in wiring and Plumbing materials because it is an electrical and thermal conductor. Bronze is used in ship and boat gears and gears because it holds up well in water.
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∙ 13y agoCopper can be a pure element, but bronze is an alloy of copper and tin.
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∙ 14y agoAfter Iron is worked it becomes stronger and harder than bronze.
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∙ 13y agoIron occurs naturally, while bronze is a copper alloy.
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What is difference between copper and bronze?
Bronze is a copper alloy (usually containing tin as the primary non-copper component). Copper is, well, copper.
What is the difference between brass and bronze?
Brass is a metal alloy of mostly copper & zinc.Bronze is an alloy of mostly copper & tin.Bronze is often redder, stronger, more resistant to corrosion, harder and the making of bronze is much older than brass.
What is the difference between iron nickel steel and cobalt from brass bronze aluminum tin silver gold and copper?
Brass IS an alloy of copper and zinc Copper and zinc are pure metals (elements)
What is difference between phosphor bronze and gun metal?
bronze and gun metal
Bronze is composed of copper and what other element?
Bronze is an alloy made from Copper and Tin.
Difference between 863 bronze and SAE 863 bronze?
No difference except the 863 specs sintered iron/copper, not bronze (TIN/copper).
What is difference between copper and bronze?
Bronze is a copper alloy (usually containing tin as the primary non-copper component). Copper is, well, copper.
What is the difference between brass and bronze?
Brass is a metal alloy of mostly copper & zinc.Bronze is an alloy of mostly copper & tin.Bronze is often redder, stronger, more resistant to corrosion, harder and the making of bronze is much older than brass.
What is the difference between nugold and red brass?
Red Brass is a Brass and Nugold is a Bronze! Brass is Copper alloyed with Zincwhereas Bronze is Copper alloyed with TIN. Red Brass is typically 85% Copper and 15% Zinc.Nugold is 90% Copper and 10% Tin. ~ the Silver Strumpet
What is the diffrince between ''brass''and ''bronze''?
Brass is an alloy of copper and nickel. Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin. Bronze tends to be more brittle.
What is the difference between iron nickel steel and cobalt from brass bronze aluminum tin silver gold and copper?
Brass IS an alloy of copper and zinc Copper and zinc are pure metals (elements)
What is difference between brass and bronze?
The biggest difference between bronze and brass is the density, mass, and weight. Bronze and brass are also made of different metals.
What is the difference in price between a copper deposit casket and a bronze cast casket?
The question is somewhat difficult to answer because copper deposited casket were manufactured until the 1980s only. Cast bronze and copper deposited caskets are the most expensive and the most heavy metal caskets available. While cast bronze caskets weigh between 1,000 and 1,200 lbs, copper deposit caskets have a weight between 600 and 800 lbs. The price difference between these caskets (which were manufactured by the Boyertown Burial Casket Company and by the National Casket Company of Boston) in the 1970s was as follows: cast bronze casket had a wholesale price between US $ 15,000 and 19,000 while copper deposited caskets cost between $ 5,000 and 6,000 wholesale (plus approximately $ 1,000 for an optional silver plated exterior).
What does copper have to do with the Bronze Age?
Copper was a significant resource in the Bronze Age as. along with tin, copper is a component of bronze.
What is an alloy consisting of Copper Zinc and Tin?
the mixture of copper and tin is made to bronze.
What is a mixture of tin and copper?
Bronze is the mixture of tin and copper. Bronze is an alloy that is much harder than copper. Many things were made out of bronze in a time period known as the Bronze Age.
What is difference between phosphor bronze and gun metal?
bronze and gun metal
