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Macro- and Microstructure of Metals

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Archaeometallurgy – Materials Science Aspects

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Old crafting techniques used in the production of metal objects can be understood by structure analyses from both the macroscopic to microscopic scale. This mainly applies to copper with its alloy components tin, lead and zinc, furthermore to iron and/or steel or cast iron and gold with the alloy components silver and copper.

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Hauptmann, A. (2020). Macro- and Microstructure of Metals. In: Archaeometallurgy – Materials Science Aspects. Natural Science in Archaeology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50367-3_8

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