THE CHARACTERIZATION OF A CORRODED EGYPTIAN BRONZE STATUE AND A STUDY OF THE DEGRADATION PHENOMENA

THE CHARACTERIZATION OF A CORRODED EGYPTIAN BRONZE STATUE AND A STUDY OF THE DEGRADATION PHENOMENA

This paper presents the results of scientific examinations carried out on an Egyptian bronze statue discovered buried in Sais. Optical Microscopy (OM), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) coupled with Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) and X-ray Diffraction (XRD) were used to understand the corrosi...

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Main Author: Mohamed GHONIEM
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi 2011-06-01
Series:International Journal of Conservation Science
Subjects:
corrosion products
patina
SEM-EDS
XRD
bronze alloy
Online Access:http://ijcs.uaic.ro/pub/IJCS-11-09-Ghoniem.pdf

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