The energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence method was used to investigate how repeated melting of a bronze alloy affected the crystallizing differentiation of its component elements. The standard deviations for copper (69.0), tin (30.0), and lead (1.0%) contents during seven successive melting processes in air were 0.7, 1.1 and 7. 4%, respectively. The results showed that the concentrations of major elements remained nearly unchanged through the repeated melting procedure.