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Archaeometallurgy – Materials Science Aspects

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Pure metals are rarely used in modern technology. In most cases, alloys are used. These are very intimate, deliberately produced mixtures of a base metal and other metals, or today also non-metals, e.g. with silicon. The base metal for a tin bronze or for brass is copper, alloying elements are tin and zinc. Steels are alloys of iron with carbon.

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