Tin bronze (English spelling)

Japanese: tin bronze(英語表記)tinbronze
Tin bronze (English spelling)

…A copper alloy with tin as its main alloying element is the oldest alloy used by humans, as can be seen from the period called the Bronze Age. There is a series of copper alloys called bronze, and the name bronze is also used for alloys that do not contain tin, such as aluminum bronze, so copper-tin alloys are often distinguished by the name tin bronze. Those with a low tin content are used as wrought materials, but most are used for castings. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "tin bronze" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…スズをおもな合金元素とする銅合金で,〈青銅器時代〉という年代の区分があることからもわかるように,人類が最も古くから使用した合金である。銅合金のなかには青銅と呼ばれる一連の合金があり,アルミニウム青銅などスズを含まないものにも青銅の名称が用いられるので,銅・スズ合金をとくにスズ青銅tin bronzeと呼んで区別することが多い。スズの含有量の少ないものは展伸材として使われるが,多くは鋳物として利用される。…

※「tin bronze」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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