aluminum bronze

American  

noun

1. any of several alloys containing a high percentage of copper with from 5 to 11 percent aluminum and varying amounts of iron, nickel, manganese, and other elements.

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Etymology

Origin of aluminum bronze

First recorded in 1870–80

Example Sentences

They’re created using aluminum, bronze and steel with some sculptures mounted on stone bases, the release says.

From Washington Times • Jun. 4, 2022

Honey, of course, is brass that is “free of manganese-bronze, aluminum bronze, unsweated radiators or radiator parts, iron, and excessively dirty and corroded materials.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2016

Glass is now going to war in a big way as a replacement for copper, aluminum, bronze, other scarce metals.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sparklers of aluminum bronze which throws off incandescent but quick-cooling particles as it burns, were invented for children.

From Time Magazine Archive

An alloy containing 10 per cent. of aluminum and 90 per cent. of copper forms the so-called aluminum bronze with a fine golden color, which it retains for a long time.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885 by Various