@inproceedings{1352c5519957471fbf560f75233dc84c,
title = "Some Long Term Corrosion Patterns in Archaeological Metal Artefacts",
abstract = "Long term corrosion phenomena are generally not obtained in laboratorial corrosion experiments. Particular features, such as strong intergranular corrosion, can be an indication of the antiquity of a metallic artefact. In the present study, various corrosion features from several archaeological bronze artefacts, with ages ranging from 2 to 5 millenniums, are examined using optical and scanning electron microscopies. Elemental composition was obtained through micro-EDXRF analyses. Corrosion patterns could, in some occasions, be related to specific thermomechanical treatments performed before burial and, in others, with particular phases present in the artefact.",
keywords = "Archaeometallurgy , Copper alloy , Intergranular corrosion , Selective corrosion",
author = "Elin Figueiredo and Silva, {Rui Jorge Cordeiro} and {Braz Fernandes}, {Francisco Manuel} and Ara{\'u}jo, {Maria F{\'a}tima D.}",
note = "Sem PDF.; 5th International Materials Symposium/14th Conference of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Materiais ; Conference date: 05-04-2009 Through 08-04-2009",
year = "2010",
doi = "10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.636-637.1030",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-0-87849-288-6",
volume = "Pt. 1 and 2",
series = "Materials Science Forum",
publisher = "Trans Tech Publications",
pages = "1030--1035",
editor = "Rosa, {Lu{\'i}s Guerra } and Fernanda Margarido",
booktitle = "Advanced Materials Forum V",
address = "Germany",
}