Which risk increased in early Mesopotamian bronze socketed axe production with faster cooling?

💡 Explanation

Faster cooling during bronze casting increases the solidification rate, promoting shrinkage porosity because the molten metal doesn't have sufficient time to flow and compensate for volumetric contraction. Therefore, shrinkage porosity risk increases, causing weakness, rather than effects related to alloy composition or oxide formation, which depends on other conditions.

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