cuprosilicon

English

Etymology

cupro- +‎ silicon

Noun

cuprosilicon (usually uncountable, plural cuprosilicons)

  1. An alloy of silicon and copper made in the electric furnace, used for hardening copper and to increase the tensile strengths of zinc, tin, and copper-aluminium alloys.
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