Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c16.s2.t1.11
Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c16.s2.t1.11
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Elemental analysis showed 91.6-93.2 per cent copper and 3.1-4.4 per cent tin. This amount of tin could not come as chance impurity, and deliberate alloying must have been done to improve casting property, hardness and malleability of the low-tin-bronze.