Assessment of the production of antiquity pigments through experimental treatment of ochres and other iron based precursors

Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-59

  Mastrotheodoros, G ^a,b   Beltsios, K G ^a   Zacharias, N ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PELOPONNESE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antiquity pigments; Color; Grain size; Hematite; Ochres

Indexed keywords

COLOR; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HEAT TREATMENT; IMPURITIES; NANOCRYSTALS; PYRITES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANTIQUITY PIGMENT; GRAINSIZE; HAEMATITE; IRON BASED MATERIALS; IRON-BASED; NATROJAROSITE; NATURAL IRON; OCHRE; OXIDATIVE TREATMENT; THERMAL;

HEMATITE;

EID: 77957103599     PISSN: 11089628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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