41670
Accession Number
6030
Title Of Article Chaper
The effect of soil conditions on the long-term corrosion of buried tin bronzes and copper
Title Of Journal Book
Journal of archaeological science
Volume
6
Issue
4
Pages
345-368
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
An attempt to relate the corrosion of tin bronzes to the chemistry of the soil in which they have been buried. With the exception of peat, a reasonable relationship appears to exist between the ph of soil and the state of metal, acid soils being more aggressive. In no case were sulphate reducing bacteria active in promoting corrosion. Peat soil was benign in spite of acidity.
Keywords
Bronze, corrosion; Metal, biodeterioration; Bronze, biodeterioration; Archaeology, environment soil; Soil, analysis; Bronze, metallography; Bronze, metallurgy; Copper, corrosion; Bronze, corrosion soil ICCROM
pub_id
41670