Which risk to Song Dynasty-era cast iron cannons increased from high copper ore smelting?

💡 Explanation

Increased copper weakens grain boundaries, raising crack formation risk during cooling of cast iron cannons via increased solid solution strengthening, because stresses concentrated during solidification increase. Therefore, cannon fracturing increased, rather than combustion changes from alloys or perfect crystal growth.

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