Study on the Specific Effects of Corrosion Processes on Ancient Bronze Artefacts

  • Ion SANDU "Al. I. Cuza" University of Iasi, Romania
  • Marta QUARANTA Universita degli studi di Bologna, Italy
  • Costică BEJINARIU "Gheorghe Asachi" Technical University of Iasi, Romania
  • Ioan Gabriel SANDU "Gheorghe Asachi" Technical University of Iasi, Romania
  • Dorin LUCA "Gheorghe Asachi" Technical University of Iasi, Romania
  • Andrei Victor SANDU Romanian Inventors Forum, Iaşi, Romania
Keywords: corrosion products, primary, secondary and contamination patina, ancient bronze artefacts, Liesegang effect, perturbed and non-perturbed archaeological sites

Abstract

The paper presents the cases of the corrosion processes which take place on starting from the usage period when the primary patina is being formed and when the secondary patina starts, than continuing with the archaeological site where the contamination patina is obtained under the influence of the pedological processes. The paper is a review from the specialised literature and from the contributions of the authors. There has been used the direct analysis with optical instruments, electron microscopy and EDX.

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Published
2007-05-15
How to Cite
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SANDU I, QUARANTA M, BEJINARIU C, SANDU IG, LUCA D, SANDU AV. Study on the Specific Effects of Corrosion Processes on Ancient Bronze Artefacts. The Annals of “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati. Fascicle IX, Metallurgy and Materials Science [Internet]. 15May2007 [cited 25Apr.2024];30(1):64-3. Available from: https://www.gup.ugal.ro/ugaljournals/index.php/mms/article/view/3179
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