Asbestos-Based Pottery from Corsica: The First Fiber-Reinforced Ceramic Matrix Composite
Asbestos-containing pottery shards collected in the northeast of Corsica (Cap Corse) and dating from the 19th century, or earlier, have been analyzed by SEM-EDS, XRPD, FTIR and Raman microspectroscopy. Blue (crocidolite) and white (chrysotile) asbestos fiber bundles are observed in cross-sections. M...
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| description | Asbestos-containing pottery shards collected in the northeast of Corsica (Cap Corse) and dating from the 19th century, or earlier, have been analyzed by SEM-EDS, XRPD, FTIR and Raman microspectroscopy. Blue (crocidolite) and white (chrysotile) asbestos fiber bundles are observed in cross-sections. Most of the asbestos is partly or totally dehydroxylated, and some transformation to forsterite is observed to occur, indicative of a firing above 800 °C. Examination of freshly fractured pieces shows a nonbrittle fracture with fiber pull-out, consistent with a composite material behavior, which makes these ceramics the oldest fiber-reinforced ceramic matrix composite. Residues indicate the use of this pottery as a crucible for gold extraction using cyanide. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ea297f32ee144168b68f6bbd2e79c88a2023-11-20T10:10:27ZengMDPI AGMaterials1996-19442020-08-011316359710.3390/ma13163597Asbestos-Based Pottery from Corsica: The First Fiber-Reinforced Ceramic Matrix CompositePhilippe Colomban0Aleksandar Kremenović1MONARIS (From the Molecule to the Nano-object: Reactivity, Interaction & Spectroscopies), Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, FranceFaculty of Mining and Geology, University of Belgrade, Đušina 7, 11000 Belgrade, SerbiaAsbestos-containing pottery shards collected in the northeast of Corsica (Cap Corse) and dating from the 19th century, or earlier, have been analyzed by SEM-EDS, XRPD, FTIR and Raman microspectroscopy. Blue (crocidolite) and white (chrysotile) asbestos fiber bundles are observed in cross-sections. Most of the asbestos is partly or totally dehydroxylated, and some transformation to forsterite is observed to occur, indicative of a firing above 800 °C. Examination of freshly fractured pieces shows a nonbrittle fracture with fiber pull-out, consistent with a composite material behavior, which makes these ceramics the oldest fiber-reinforced ceramic matrix composite. Residues indicate the use of this pottery as a crucible for gold extraction using cyanide.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/13/16/3597asbestosCMCCorsicafiberpottery |
| spellingShingle | Philippe Colomban Aleksandar Kremenović Asbestos-Based Pottery from Corsica: The First Fiber-Reinforced Ceramic Matrix Composite Materials asbestos CMC Corsica fiber pottery |
| title | Asbestos-Based Pottery from Corsica: The First Fiber-Reinforced Ceramic Matrix Composite |
| title_full | Asbestos-Based Pottery from Corsica: The First Fiber-Reinforced Ceramic Matrix Composite |
| title_fullStr | Asbestos-Based Pottery from Corsica: The First Fiber-Reinforced Ceramic Matrix Composite |
| title_full_unstemmed | Asbestos-Based Pottery from Corsica: The First Fiber-Reinforced Ceramic Matrix Composite |
| title_short | Asbestos-Based Pottery from Corsica: The First Fiber-Reinforced Ceramic Matrix Composite |
| title_sort | asbestos based pottery from corsica the first fiber reinforced ceramic matrix composite |
| topic | asbestos CMC Corsica fiber pottery |
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