An Approach to Microanalysis and Conservation of Silver - Copper Object in Agriculture Museum, Cairo, Egypt | ||||
مجلة الإتحاد العام للآثاريين العرب | ||||
Article 13, Volume 14, Issue 1, 2013, Page 1-15 PDF (561.23 K) | ||||
Document Type: المقالة الأصلية | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/jguaa.2013.2998 | ||||
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Author | ||||
ABEER Gharib ![]() | ||||
Lecturer Conservation dept., Faculty of Fine Arts, Minia Univ., Minia (Egypt) | ||||
Abstract | ||||
This research dealt examining, analysis and treatment of a silver - copper belt, it exhibited in Agriculture Museum in Cairo. This research aims to study the ancient silver alloy; because of the successful examination and analysis helps in the treatment of old metal objects and then maintain them. The analysis of archaeological objects requires simultaneously non-destructive (the objects are unique and precious), versatile (samples with different geometry), sensitive (trace elements are often important) and multi-elemental methods. In this paper, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) employed to diagnose the characteristic morphology and environmental effects of the silver-copper object. X- Ray diffraction (XRD) used to identify the mineralogical composition of samples, inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometer (ICP) used to determine the accurate elemental composition of the silver-copper object. The results obtained by this research showed that the alloy containing about 22% silver, 65% copper, and it covered with copper corrosion products, these results represent the correct diagnosis, which will help us to understand the fabrication of ancient silver-copper alloy, which is still needed more studies. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
: Ancient silver alloys; ICP-OES; treatment silver – copper object | ||||
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