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To: SunkenCiv

Bronze is amazing stuff. It can sit in a mud puddle for thousands of years and be as good as the day it was cast. Steel can turn into rust overnight.


4 posted on 09/23/2018 3:46:11 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Telepathic Intruder
Bronze is amazing stuff. It can sit in a mud puddle for thousands of years and be as good as the day it was cast. Steel can turn into rust overnight.

That's why, even today, you have ship propellers made of bronze

43 posted on 09/24/2018 3:40:59 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (I like my food to taste like it died screaming)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

Bronze oxidation forms a protective layer that preserves the metal.......................


49 posted on 12/10/2018 6:48:47 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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