Alchemy and surface treatments in antiquity

Surface Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 217-224

  Giumlia Mair, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; BRONZE; CHEMICAL OPERATIONS; COPPER ALLOYS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; PRECIOUS METALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE STRUCTURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ALCHEMY; ANTIQUITY; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BLUE-BLACK PATINATION; CHEMICAL BATH; CORINTHIAN BRONZE; PURPLE-BLACK PATINATION;

SURFACE TREATMENT;

EID: 0034773872     PISSN: 02670844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/026708401101517827     Document Type: Article

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