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EARLY USE OF BRASS IN SILVER ALLOYS
Author(s) -
MORTIMER C.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
oxford journal of archaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1468-0092
pISSN - 0262-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0092.1986.tb00355.x
Subject(s) - brass , metallurgy , copper alloy , copper , archaeology , corrosion , materials science , geology , forensic engineering , engineering , history
Summary. The routine analysis of twenty‐two silver rings revealed that in some Roman rings brass had been added instead of pure copper. These alloys had formed corrosion products during burial, which meant that the results of surface XRF analysis had to be used with caution. Destructive analysis gave accurate interior compositions, which are used in comparisons with similar material from other authors.