The effects of corrosion and conservation treatments on non-destructive neutron diffraction analysis of archaeological copper alloys: Preliminary results

Archaeometry

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 68-80

  Frame, L D ^a   Freestone, I C ^b   Zhang, Shu Yan ^c   Nicholas, M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bronze; Conservation; Copper Alloy; Corrosion; Neutron Diffraction; Non Destructive Analysis; Residual Stress; Strain Measurement; Technology

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; BRONZE; CONSERVATION; COPPER; CORROSION; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; RESIDUAL STRESS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84872368515     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2012.00676.x     Document Type: Article

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