Roman glasses coloured by dissolved transition metal ions: Redox-reactions, optical spectroscopy and ligand field theory

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 23-36

  Moncke D ^a   Papageorgiou, M ^b,c   Winterstein Beckmann, A ^a   Zacharias, N ^c  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PELOPONNESE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cobalt; Coloured glass; Copper; Iron; Manganese; Optical spectroscopy; Sulphur amber; Transition metal ions

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COBALT; COPPER; GLASS; LIGAND; MANGANESE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REDOX CONDITIONS; ROMAN ERA; SILICATE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TRANSITION ELEMENT;

GREECE;

EID: 84897853376     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2014.03.007     Document Type: Article

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