The ancient brass cementation processes revisited by extensive experimental simulation

JOM

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 27-33

  Bourgarit, David ^a   Bauchau, Fanny ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE ET DE RESTAURATION DES MUSÉES DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

19TH CENTURY; CARBOTHERMIC REDUCTION; CEMENTATION PROCESS; CLOSED VESSELS; EXPERIMENTAL SIMULATIONS; INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONS; ISOTHERMAL TREATMENT; LABORATORY SCALE; METALLIC COPPER; ZINC CONTENT; ZINC PRODUCTION; ZINC RECOVERY;

BRASS; CARBOTHERMAL REDUCTION; CEMENTING (SHAFTS); CEMENTS; ORE REDUCTION; ORES; ZINC ORE TREATMENT;

ZINC;

EID: 77951031252     PISSN: 10474838     EISSN: 15431851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11837-010-0045-3     Document Type: Article

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