Bronze was first used to make tools because it has a lower meltingpoint then iron. With the development of higher temperaturesmelting techniques, however, people could make iron more easilythan before. Iron is a stronger metal than bronze, but the twometals weigh about the same. People also realized they could makean even strong substance by mixing iron with coal to produce analloy called steel.,

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