Question Discussion & Solution

Explanation:

• Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin as the two main constituent elements.
• Bronze is a copper-based alloy that typically consists of approximately 88% copper and 12% tin.
• Some other elements added in minute quantities can be aluminium, nickel or zinc.
• It is one of the first alloys used by mankind and an entire era known as the 'Bronze Age' is known because of the extensive use of the alloy in many human artefacts.

Additional Information

Steel: 

• Stainless steel is an alloy of iron and chromium.
• Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon.
• Stainless steels are steels containing at least 10.5% chromium, less than 1.2% carbon, and other alloying elements.

Solder:

• Soldering is a joining process used to join different types of metals together having different properties. 
• Solder is a metal alloy, usually made up of tin and lead which is melted using a hot iron (soldering iron).
• The iron is heated to temperatures above 600˚F which then cools to create a strong bond.
• Flux material used in soldering is ZnCl2 (Zinc Chloride) and NH4Cl (Ammonium Chloride).

Brass:

• Brass is a metal alloy that is made up of copper and zinc.
• The proportions of zinc and copper can vary to create different types of brasses with different properties.
• It has higher malleability than bronze or zinc and has a relatively low melting point (900 to 940 °C).

Mistake Points

• Copper was the first metal used by men.
• Copper was first used by man over 10,000 years ago.  
• Probably copper can be found as a naturally occurring native metal that is sometimes found in large lumps on the ground.
• People learned to make this into copper tools and other things, although, for a metal, it is quite soft.
• When it was melted over the fire, people learned how to make an alloy called bronze, which is much harder and stronger than copper.