A seated Buddha from Thailand (c. 1800) made of arsenical bronze
Arsenical bronze is an alloy in which arsenic, as opposed to or in addition to tin or other constituent metals, is combined with copper to make bronze. The use of arsenic with copper, either as the secondary constituent or with another component such as tin, results in a stronger final product and better casting behavior.[1]
Copper ore is often naturally contaminated with arsenic; hence, the term "arsenical bronze" when used in archaeology is typically only applied to alloys with an arsenic content higher than 1% by weight, in order to distinguish it from potentially accidental additions of arsenic.[2]
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^Budd, P.; Ottoway, B. S. (1995). Jovanovic, Borislav (ed.). Eneolithic Arsenical copper – chance or choice?. Ancient mining and metallurgy in southeast Europe, International symposium. Archaeological institute, Belgrade and the Museum of Mining and Metallurgy, Bor. p. 95.
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era. During the Bronze Age, arsenic was melted with copper to make arsenicalbronze. Jabir ibn Hayyan described the isolation of arsenic before 815 AD....
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4th millennium BC, though the date it ends varies. The term covers the Bronze Age and the Iron Age in the region, until either the conquest by the Achaemenid...
with steppe cultures. It also displays items made of metal, such as arsenicalbronze and silver, which suggests contacts with the North Caucasus as well...
3000 to 2001 BC. This period of time corresponds to the Early to Middle Bronze Age, characterized by the early empires in the Ancient Near East. In Ancient...
materials by a primarily household-based production of stone tools. Arsenical copper or bronze was produced in eastern Turkey (Malatya Province) at two ancient...
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arsenicosis caused by arsenic exposure from metalworking. Bronze Age smiths added arsenic to copper to produce harder arsenicalbronze, especially during...
Ancient Near East, it marks the transition from the Middle to the Late Bronze Age. The Ancient Near Eastern cultures are well within the historical era:...
Donets had a handle of arsenicalbronze and a blade made of iron. Wheeled vehicles have been found in Catacomb burials. Bronze warty beads of the Catacomb...
3500-3350 BCE. Wheeled vehicle representation on the Bronocice pot Arsenicalbronze ox figurines from Bytyń, Poland, 4th mill. BCE. Copper axe from Lüstringen...
shapes cast in closed molds of the Bronze Age. Arsenicalbronze objects appear first in the Near East where arsenic is commonly found with copper ore,...
various elements such as arsenic increase with depth in copper ore deposits and smelting of these ores yields arsenicalbronze, which can be sufficiently...
shapes cast in closed molds of the Bronze Age. Arsenicalbronze objects appear first in the Middle East where arsenic is commonly found in association with...
3300 BC. They have been found in Arslantepe, Turkey, are made from arsenicalbronze, and are about 60 cm (24 in) long. Some of them are inlaid with silver...
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substituted 'Rajpoot princes'. "Indus Valley Civilization Related Articles arsenicalbronze writing, literature". Amazines.com. Archived from the original on 20...
period (MM IB – MM IIA) they were also produced in arsenicalbronze and, subsequently, tin bronze. The archaeological record suggests that mostly cup-type...
interest due to its production of the characteristic "Mondsee copper" (arsenicalbronze), apparently the first in central Europe to emulate the Balkan Vinča...
The Karasuk were farmers who practiced metallurgy on a large scale. Arsenicalbronze artefacts are present. Their settlements were of pit houses and they...
Alloys. ASM International. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-87170-726-0. "Aluminum Brass Arsenical, UNS C68700". MatWeb. Retrieved 18 October 2023. "70/30 Arsinical Brass...
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