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3 years ago

A little bit of history about CuSn

What is CuSn?

On the Periodic Table of Elements, * is copper, and Sn is tin. When combined together, these form the compound known as Bronze. From Wikipedia:

Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (such as aluminum, manganese, nickel or zinc) and sometimes non-metals, such as phosphorus, or metalloids such as arsenic, or silicon. These additions produce a range of alloys that may be harder than copper alone, or have other useful properties, such as strength, ductility, or machinability.

 

The archaeological period in which bronze was the hardest metal in widespread use is known as the Bronze Age. The beginning of the Bronze Age in India and western Eurasia is conventionally dated to the mid-4th millennium BCE, and to the early 3rd millennium BCE in China; elsewhere it gradually spread across regions. The Bronze Age was followed by the Iron Age starting from about 1300 BCE and reaching most of Eurasia by about 500 BCE, although bronze continued to be much more widely used than it is in modern times.

 

In recent weeks a renaissance of Bronze art has been observed, primarily within the gaming community Apex Legends. Through the competitive ranked system, a resurgence of Bronze works of art have been seen, primarily culminating in works called "Bronze Players." Though representing a humanoid form, these Bronze Players are not actually statues, contrary to other Bronze castings in the past.

 

An important facet to these new works of art is to infuse a significant amount of NaCl into the art, giving it a more depressed or futile impersonation.

 

Kinda cool that our community is getting mentioned in other areas of Wikipedia, huh?

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