Analysis of the corroded layers of ancient bronze mirrors found in clay

Nippon Kinzoku Gakkaishi/Journal of the Japan Institute of Metals

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1030-1038

  Yokota, Masaru ^a   Sugaya, Fuminori ^b   Mifune, Haruhisa ^a   Kobori, Yoshiyuki ^a   Shimizu, Katsuro ^a   Nakai, Kazuo ^c   Miyahara, Shin Ichi ^d   Shimizu, Yasuji ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

^c Nara Res Ctr for Silk Roadology   (Japan)

^d Archaeological Inst of Kashihara   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amorphous silicon (IV) dioxide; Ancient bronze mirror; Copper(I) oxide; Copper(II) hydroxide; Copper(II) sulfide; Corrosion in clay; Instrumental analysis; Lead(II) sulfate; Microbial corrosion; Pure copper lump; Resultant by corrosion; Tin organic compound

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; BACTERIA; CLAY; CORROSION; MIRRORS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

BRONZE MIRRORS;

BRONZE;

EID: 0036817094     PISSN: 00214876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2320/jinstmet1952.66.10_1030     Document Type: Article

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