Why are statues often made of bronze?

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Material properties impact how a statue may look. The bronze statue from Corbin has less ware than the statue on the UK Campus made of copper.

PS1.A Structure and Properties of Matter

A stable molecule has less energy than the same set of atoms separated; one must provide at least this energy in order to take the molecule apart.

ETS1.C Optimizing the Design Solution

Criteria may need to be broken down into simpler ones that can be approached systematically, and decisions about the priority of certain criteria over others (tradeoffs) may be needed.

Phenomenon Description

Material properties impact how a statue may look. The bronze statue from Corbin has less ware than the statue on the UK Campus made of copper.

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Why are statues often made of bronze?

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