
FLORENTINE BRONZE is a modern term for an alloy usually formed as a mixture of aluminium or tin (<10%) and copper (>90%). Currently no chemical formula for Florentine bronze has been made as it is an alloy which is not standardised (in proportions) worldwide. Florentine Bronze has a uniform chocolate colour appearance. "Florentine bronze" bears no relation to the 16th century bronze reductions of full-scale sculptures that were made in Florence by various Renaissance sculptors.
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