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A pigment (CuS) identified by micro‐Raman spectroscopy on a Chinese funerary lacquer ware of West Han Dynasty
Author(s) -
Jin PuJun,
Yao ZhengQuan,
Zhang MaoLin,
Li YuHu,
Xing HuiPing
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of raman spectroscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.748
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1097-4555
pISSN - 0377-0486
DOI - 10.1002/jrs.2412
Subject(s) - lacquer , raman spectroscopy , pigment , scanning electron microscope , analytical chemistry (journal) , spectroscopy , energy dispersive x ray spectroscopy , materials science , chemistry , optics , nanotechnology , physics , composite material , environmental chemistry , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , coating
A blue pigment was identified by micro‐Raman spectroscopy, X‐ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF), scanning electron microscopy (SEM)/energy dispersive X‐ray (EDX) and X‐ray diffraction (XRD). The test sample, a funerary lacquer tray, belongs to West Han Dynasty (206 BC–AD 8) of China and was decorated with faint blue patterns. The result from Raman spectroscopy showed that the faint blue is covellite (CuS) due to the presence of a characteristic peak at 474.5 cm −1 , which further was confirmed by XRF, SEM–EDX and XRD. This research indicated that CuS had been used as a blue pigment to decorate lacquer wares from the West Han Dynasty in China. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.