16756
Accession Number
33082
Title Of Article Chaper
The ancient craft of granulation
Title Of Journal Book
Gold bulletin
Volume
14
Issue
3
Pages
119-129
Collation
122 refs.
Reference Bibliography
Bibliog.: p. 128-129
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
Granulation has been used since ancient times to produce metal grains, usually of gold and its alloys, which have served in the fabrication of jewellery. The historical development of granulation and its technical characteristics are reviewed.
Keywords
Gold, granulation; silver, gold alloy; gold, technology smithing; gold, soldering brazing; gold, metallurgy; gold, history; gold, alloy; gold, analysis; gold, artifact; ICCROM
pub_id
16756