aluminum bronze

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of aluminum bronze¹

First recorded in 1870–80

Example Sentences

“I took it to Performance Pattern where they did a digital scan, then we cast a new escapement in aluminum bronze,” he said.

From Washington Times

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 Wall Street Journal

A long tube covered with aluminum bronze lights when held in one hand—the other touching the terminal of the coil—quite powerfully.

From Project Gutenberg

When a piece of jewelry looks like gold, but is sold at too low a price to be "real," it may be aluminum bronze, very pretty at first, but before long its luster will vanish.

From Project Gutenberg

Last spring an attempt was made to overcome the difficulty by painting the waxed surface with aluminum bronze paint.

From Project Gutenberg