cuprosilicon means an alloy of silicon and copper made in the electric furnace, used for hardening copper and to increase the tensile strengths of zinc, tin, and copper-aluminium alloys. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.
Etymology
From cupro- + silicon.
noun
- An alloy of silicon and copper made in the electric furnace, used for hardening copper and to increase the tensile strengths of zinc, tin, and copper-aluminium alloys.