43474
Accession Number
22915
Title Of Article Chaper
The corrosion products of metal antiquities
Title Of Journal Book
Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, 1963
Volume
1963
Pages
547-568
Collation
22 p. : 10 plates
Reference Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references
Publisher
U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
Publisher City
Washington
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
The report gathers together, classifies, and briefly describes the wide variety of mineral corrosion products that occur on ancient artifacts of copper, tin, lead, iron, silver and zinc, during long-term sea immersion, earth burial and atmospheric exposure. Some little-known and even rare mineral species are among these. 53 references.
Keywords
Metal, analysis; Metal, corrosion; Metal, corrosion product identification; Metal, patina; Patina, artificial; Bronze, patina; Lead, patina; Conservation, history; Spectroscopy, x ray diffraction; Spectroscopy, x ray fluorescence; Copper, corrosion; Lead, corrosion; Tin, corrosion; Tin, disease; Tin, tarnish; Silver, corrosion; Silver, tarnish; Iron, corrosion; Zinc, corrosion ICCROM -- ICCROM
pub_id
43474