Formation mechanism of copper-gilded coronet ornaments excavated from a Sui or early Tang tomb situated in Xi’an, Shaanxi

Abstract The formation of the gold layer in mercury gilding occurs through the heating a gold amalgam. As a result, the formation mechanism and technical characteristics of gilded products are closely related to the temperature at which they are heated. In this study, XRD and XPS analysis of a coppe...

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Main Authors: Yanbing Shao, Fengrui Jiang, Junchang Yang, Quanmin Zhang, Xuan Lu, Wenbin Fu, Sumei Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-07-01
Series:Heritage Science
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-023-01000-8