Electrochemistry reveals archaeological materials
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- Virginia Costa, Karen Leyssens, Mieke Adriaens (UGent) , N Richard and Fritz Scholz
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- The characterization of materials constituting cultural artefacts is a challenging step in their conservation, due to the object’s uniqueness and the reduced number of conservation institutes able to supply non-destructive analysis. We propose an alternative analytical tool, which combines accessibility (low cost and portable) and high sensitivity, based on electrochemical linear sweep voltammetry (LSV) with paraffin impregnated graphite electrode (PIGE). To investigate the composition of “white alloys” that certainly have been used as decoration on copper-based Roman fibulae, sampling was done very locally by gently rubbing the selected areas with the PIGE. LSV results evidence the presence of silver, lead, and tin, supporting the argument provided by typological analysis that these metals were used for decoration.
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- linear sweep voltammetry, metal, non-destructive, electrochemistry, paraffin impregnated graphite electrode, composition
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-973197
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- Costa, Virginia, et al. “Electrochemistry Reveals Archaeological Materials.” JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE ELECTROCHEMISTRY, vol. 14, no. 3, 2010, pp. 449–51, doi:10.1007/s10008-009-0864-8.
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- Costa, V., Leyssens, K., Adriaens, M., Richard, N., & Scholz, F. (2010). Electrochemistry reveals archaeological materials. JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE ELECTROCHEMISTRY, 14(3), 449–451. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-009-0864-8
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- Costa, Virginia, Karen Leyssens, Mieke Adriaens, N Richard, and Fritz Scholz. 2010. “Electrochemistry Reveals Archaeological Materials.” JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE ELECTROCHEMISTRY 14 (3): 449–51. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-009-0864-8.
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- Costa, Virginia, Karen Leyssens, Mieke Adriaens, N Richard, and Fritz Scholz. 2010. “Electrochemistry Reveals Archaeological Materials.” JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE ELECTROCHEMISTRY 14 (3): 449–451. doi:10.1007/s10008-009-0864-8.
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- 1.Costa V, Leyssens K, Adriaens M, Richard N, Scholz F. Electrochemistry reveals archaeological materials. JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE ELECTROCHEMISTRY. 2010;14(3):449–51.
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- [1]V. Costa, K. Leyssens, M. Adriaens, N. Richard, and F. Scholz, “Electrochemistry reveals archaeological materials,” JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE ELECTROCHEMISTRY, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 449–451, 2010.
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abstract = {{The characterization of materials constituting cultural artefacts is a challenging step in their conservation, due to the object’s uniqueness and the reduced number of conservation institutes able to supply non-destructive analysis. We propose an alternative analytical tool, which combines accessibility (low cost and portable) and high sensitivity, based on electrochemical linear sweep voltammetry (LSV) with paraffin impregnated graphite electrode (PIGE). To investigate the composition of “white alloys” that certainly have been used as decoration on copper-based Roman fibulae, sampling was done very locally by gently rubbing the selected areas with the PIGE. LSV results evidence the presence of silver, lead, and tin, supporting the argument provided by typological analysis that these metals were used for decoration.}},
author = {{Costa, Virginia and Leyssens, Karen and Adriaens, Mieke and Richard, N and Scholz, Fritz}},
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journal = {{JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE ELECTROCHEMISTRY}},
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title = {{Electrochemistry reveals archaeological materials}},
url = {{http://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-009-0864-8}},
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