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Brass and bronze: composition and structure

Bronze and brass use different additions to copper; the question about their structural classification remains open.

Question

Are brass and bronze substitutional alloys?

Short answer

Bronze usually combines copper and tin, while brass combines copper and zinc; their substitutional classification remains open here.

Notes

Bronze is identified as usually combining copper with tin, while brass combines copper with zinc. Zinc is also noted as an addition that changes a metal's properties. The comparison establishes the ingredients, but the question about substitutional structure receives no explicit conclusion.