Characterisation of corrosion layers formed on ferrous archaeological artefacts buried in anoxic media

Corrosion Engineering Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 381-387

  Saheb, M ^a,b   Neff, D ^a   Demory, J ^a   Foy, E ^a   Dillmann, P ^a,c  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b ANDRA   (France)

^c UMR 5060 CNRS ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Anoxic corrosion; Archaeological artefacts; Corrosion layer characterisation; Microbeam techniques

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CORROSION; ARCHAEOLOGICAL ARTEFACTS; ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE; CHARACTERISATION; CORROSION LAYER CHARACTERISATION; CORROSION LAYERS; CORROSION PATTERNS; HYDROXIDE GROUPS; IN-SITU; IRON CARBONATES; LONG-TERM CORROSION; MICROBEAM TECHNIQUE;

IRON; IRON ORES; SOIL CONSERVATION;

ALUMINUM CORROSION;

EID: 77957899544     PISSN: 1478422X     EISSN: 17432782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/147842210X12772898886889     Document Type: Article

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