Neutron diffraction study of the casting technology of antique bronze coins

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Neutron tomography data on high-Pb antique bronze coins indicated that two different copper alloy phases are formed during the casting process. We propose to use GEM for studying the phase composition of the bronze alloys, for detecting the presence and distribution of the Pb phase, and for determining texture and microstructure parameters of the phases, non-destructively. 20 original Greek bronze coins from the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna will be compared to self-cast replicas to clarify the casting techniques (vertical or horizontal) and to differentiate between either only-cast or cast-and-minted objects. The phase and texture data are important to interpret the tomography data and to unravel the technology of antique coin production.

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.24088633
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/24088633
Provenance
Creator Dr Winfried Kockelmann; Mr Rene Traum; Dr Martina Griesser
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2015
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
Representation
Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Photon- and Neutron Geosciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2012-03-20T11:44:36Z
Temporal Coverage End 2012-03-24T11:20:25Z