Possibility of bacteria-induced corrosion of ancient bronze mirrors found in ground

Materials Transactions

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 268-276

  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

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; COPPER OXIDES; CORROSION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; LEAD COMPOUNDS; MIRRORS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; SURFACES; TIN COMPOUNDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

AMORPHOUS SILICON DIOXIDE; ANCIENT BRONZE MIRRORS; BACTERIA INDUCED CORROSION; COPPER HYDROXIDE; COPPER LUMPS; CUPRITE; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYZER; MICRO X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BRONZE;

EID: 0038640402     PISSN: 13459678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2320/matertrans.44.268     Document Type: Article

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