Scanning Auger microscopy studies of an ancient bronze

Scanning Auger microscopy (SAM) has been used to study the surface and interface microchemistry of a sheet bronze belt from the Urartian kingdom in NE Syria of the early first millennium B.C. We find that the patina contains no copper species at all (decuprification), whereas carbonaceous species, C...

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Main Authors: Paparazzo, E, Lea, A, Baer, DR, Northover, J
Format: Conference item
Published: 2001