Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-12481512-20130717104617/@comment-82.208.119.100-20131211204334

I also think that dwemer-metal is a kind of bronze.

For example there is nothing strange in mixing of iron and copper (chorundum in Skyrim) to produce "steel". Without hi-tech methods it is very difficult to reduce carbon concentration in Fe-C system. But adding of some amount of copper results in strongly reduce carbon solubility in liquid melting Fe. So, the Fe-C-Cu system is, of course, not a classic steel, but is characterized by greater durability and less fragile than initial cast iron.