English Explanatory Dictionary

cuprosilicon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

cuprosilicon cuprosilicons

Etymology

From cupro- + silicon.

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