Which outcome results from arsenic impurities during ancient copper smelting?

💡 Explanation

Arsenic was unknowingly part of some early copper ores. Solid solution strengthening occurred because arsenic atoms substituted within the copper lattice, therefore increasing the metal's hardness, a desirable, though unplanned, outcome, rather than embrittlement or fuel savings.

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