Which corrosion risk arose among bronze Mesopotamian pump components?

💡 Explanation

Dezincification weakened the bronze pump parts, because loss of zinc from the alpha-brass microstructure left a porous, weakened copper matrix. Therefore, parts were vulnerable to mechanical failure, rather than pure oxidation problems because the low oxygen availability limited redox progression.

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