silicon bronze

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   a bronze with 2-3% silicon that is resistant to corrosion

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Questions about silicon bronze

What does silicon bronze mean?

silicon bronze means "a bronze with 2-3% silicon that is resistant to corrosion".

Is silicon bronze a common word?

silicon bronze is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.