The effect of tin on dezincification of archaeological copper alloys

Corrosion Science

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2183-2191

  Campanella, L ^a   Alessandri, O Colacicchi ^b   Ferretti, M ^c   Plattner, S H ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Roma   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

A. Copper; A. Tin; A. Zinc; C. De alloying

Indexed keywords

A. COPPER; A. TIN; A. ZINC; ARCHAEOLOGICAL OBJECTS; C. DE-ALLOYING; COMPOSITIONAL INFORMATION; CORROSION MORPHOLOGY; DEZINCIFICATION; LONG-TERM CORROSION; NON DESTRUCTIVE; SELECTIVE CORROSION; SURFACE DETERIORATION;

ALLOYING; CERIUM ALLOYS; COPPER; CORROSION; TIN; ZINC;

LEAD;

EID: 68049112345     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2009.05.047     Document Type: Article

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