mrs bulletin/jan.’01/gb stephenson, b. stephenson & d.r. haeffner, p 19-23 as-cast vs. rolled...
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MRS Bulletin/Jan.’01/GB Stephenson, B. Stephenson & D.R. Haeffner, p 19-23
As-cast vs. rolled vs. rolled and recrystallized brass.
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Excerpts from:The Iceman’s Axe:
Texture applied to Archaeometallurgy
Seminar at CMU, April 2005 by:G. Artioli
Università degli Studi di MilanoDipartimento di Scienze della Terra
[Department of Earth Sciences,Milan University for Study]
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Ötzi ~ 3200 B.C.
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Iceman/Ötzi
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Iceman axe (Ötzi)
blade
body
Note the lack of texture
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Lovere LOV-330
By contrast with the Ötzi Iceman’s Axe, this axe was worked.
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Summary
• X-ray diffraction (and fluorescence) experiments are a very useful probe of materials and their history.
• For historical artifacts, non-destructive techniques are often a requirement.
• Synchrotron radiation with large penetration depths permits large objects to be examined without removing samples.
• Sophisticated metal-processing technology is surprisingly old!