43911
Accession Number
15042
Title Of Article Chaper
Indium as an impurity in ancient Western Mexican tin and bronze artifacts and in local tin
Title Of Journal Book
Science
Volume
155
Issue
3763
Pages
686-7
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
Indium has been found as an impurity in tin and bronze objects of pre-Conquest date in the State of Guerrero in Mexico. Emission spectrographic analysis of cassiterite from the State of Guerrero shows that it contains indium and indicates that the objects were made locally from local ore. -- AATA
pub_id
43911
Title Translation
L'Indium comme impureté dans les oeuvres d'art ancient en bronze et en étan de l'ouest du Mexique et dans le minerai d'étain local