During bronze cannon construction, which risk acutely increases when iron inclusions contaminate the bronze melt?

💡 Explanation

Iron inclusions promote galvanic corrosion given differing electrochemical potentials between bronze and iron, therefore accelerating material degradation along inclusion boundaries, rather than benefiting from bronze's inherent passivity. Stress from thermal expansion is a different factor, impact resistance is unaffected.

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