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All that glitters is not gold : unraveling the material secrets behind the preservation of historical brass

Andrea Marchetti, Victoria Beltran, Patrick Storme, Gert Nuyts, Louis Van der Meeren (UGent) , Andre Skirtach (UGent) , Elke Otten, Marjolijn Debulpaep, Lieve Watteeuw and Karolien De Wael
(2023) JOURNAL OF CULTURAL HERITAGE. 63. p.179-186
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Brass is a relatively stable alloy but it tends to tarnish over time due to the interaction with the atmosphere. Thus, it is rare to observe centuries-old brass objects untouched by the passing of time. For this reason, the pristine appearance of hundreds of brass sequins in the Enclosed Gardens of Meche len (reliquary altarpieces produced between 1530 and 1550) is remarkable. In this study, the chemical and metallographic characterization of such unexpectedly well-preserved objects is presented. The sults revealed the reason for their stability to be a combination of high-quality materials (i.e. medium Zn content, low impurities) and optimal surface properties (i.e. high homogeneity, low roughness), indicating the high level of expertise of the craftsmen who produced them. Novel fundamental insights on the historical manufacturing method of metallic sequins were also obtained.& COPY; 2023 Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR). Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
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Alloys, Brass, Copper, Degradation, Cultural heritage, CORROSION, CONSERVATION

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Marchetti, Andrea, et al. “All That Glitters Is Not Gold : Unraveling the Material Secrets behind the Preservation of Historical Brass.” JOURNAL OF CULTURAL HERITAGE, vol. 63, 2023, pp. 179–86, doi:10.1016/j.culher.2023.07.018.
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Marchetti, A., Beltran, V., Storme, P., Nuyts, G., Van der Meeren, L., Skirtach, A., … De Wael, K. (2023). All that glitters is not gold : unraveling the material secrets behind the preservation of historical brass. JOURNAL OF CULTURAL HERITAGE, 63, 179–186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.culher.2023.07.018
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Marchetti, Andrea, Victoria Beltran, Patrick Storme, Gert Nuyts, Louis Van der Meeren, Andre Skirtach, Elke Otten, Marjolijn Debulpaep, Lieve Watteeuw, and Karolien De Wael. 2023. “All That Glitters Is Not Gold : Unraveling the Material Secrets behind the Preservation of Historical Brass.” JOURNAL OF CULTURAL HERITAGE 63: 179–86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.culher.2023.07.018.
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Marchetti, Andrea, Victoria Beltran, Patrick Storme, Gert Nuyts, Louis Van der Meeren, Andre Skirtach, Elke Otten, Marjolijn Debulpaep, Lieve Watteeuw, and Karolien De Wael. 2023. “All That Glitters Is Not Gold : Unraveling the Material Secrets behind the Preservation of Historical Brass.” JOURNAL OF CULTURAL HERITAGE 63: 179–186. doi:10.1016/j.culher.2023.07.018.
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Marchetti A, Beltran V, Storme P, Nuyts G, Van der Meeren L, Skirtach A, et al. All that glitters is not gold : unraveling the material secrets behind the preservation of historical brass. JOURNAL OF CULTURAL HERITAGE. 2023;63:179–86.
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A. Marchetti et al., “All that glitters is not gold : unraveling the material secrets behind the preservation of historical brass,” JOURNAL OF CULTURAL HERITAGE, vol. 63, pp. 179–186, 2023.
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