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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Phosphor-bronze

· Phos·phor-bronze · IPA
01 n. A variety of bronze possessing great hardness, elasticity, and toughness, obtained by melting copper with tin phosphide. It contains one or…
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    A variety of bronze possessing great hardness, elasticity, and toughness, obtained by melting copper with tin phosphide. It contains one or two per cent of phosphorus and from five to fifteen per cent of tin.(Metal.)