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Combined use of SEM-EDS, OM and XRD for the characterization of corrosion products grown on silver roman coins

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In the framework of the PROMET project (European Commission contract No. 509126) aimed to develop new analytical techniques and materials for monitoring and protecting metal artefacts and monuments from the Mediterranean region, the corrosion products grown on silver Roman coins during archaeological burial is studied by means of scanning electron microscopy combined with energy dispersive spectrometry (SEM-EDS), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and optical microscopy (OM) techniques.

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  1. CNR – Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati, CP 10, 00016, Monterotondo Stazione, Roma, Italy

    G.M. Ingo & T. de Caro

  2. Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici di Roma, Museo Nazionale Romano, p.za dei Cinquecento, Roma, Italy

    S. Balbi

  3. Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degliStudi di Catania, viale A. Doria 6, 95125, Catania, Italy

    I. Fragalà & G. Bultrini

  4. Dipartimento Scienza dei Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica, Politecnico di Torino, corso Duca degli Abruzzi n.24, 10129, Torino, Italy

    E. Angelini

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68.55.Jk; 68.35.Dv; 68.37.Hk; 68.55.Nq; 81.05.Bx

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Ingo, G., Balbi, S., de Caro, T. et al. Combined use of SEM-EDS, OM and XRD for the characterization of corrosion products grown on silver roman coins. Appl. Phys. A 83, 493–497 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-006-3533-0

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