Electrochemistry and authentication of archaeological lead using voltammetry of microparticles: Application to the Tossal de Sant Miquel Iberian plate

Archaeometry

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1193-1211

  Domenech Carbo A ^a   Domenech Carbo M T ^b   Peiro Ronda M A ^c   Osete Cortina, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^c Centro Cultural la Beneficència   (Spain)

Author keywords

Archaeological lead; Authentication; Corrosion products; Voltammetry of microparticles

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; CORROSION; DISSOLUTION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; LEAD;

COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; SPAIN;

EID: 80855144120     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2011.00608.x     Document Type: Article

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