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You can tell if a statute is made of bronze by pouring a small amount of acid on the statue. Bronze will interact with the acid by making the acid fiss.

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A really easy way to tell bronze is actually bronze is to stick a magnet to it. Only three metals stick to magnets, and bronze is not one of them.

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Sculptures that are made of bronze are heavy in weight and will have a golden color. Spelter sculptures are fairly light and have a grey color.

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Bronze is a copper-tin alloy, brass is a copper-zinc alloy; studying the aspect, density, hardness or applying a method of analytical chemistry can be established the type of an alloy.

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