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砷白铜

Arsenical White Copper

A copper-arsenic alloy that produces a silvery-white color by adding arsenic minerals to copper. An artificial silvery alloy, a metallurgical byproduct of alchemy.

砷白铜

Scientific Principle

Cu-As phase diagram: when arsenic content exceeds 8%, the γ-phase forms, making the alloy white and brittle.

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