Plasma reduction of bronze corrosion developed under long-term artificial ageing |
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Authors: | Jelica Novakovic Olga Papadopoulou Panayota Vassiliou Eleni Filippaki Yannis Bassiakos |
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Institution: | (1) Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, National Technical University of Athens, Iroon Polytechneiou 9, 15780 Athens, Greece;(2) Laboratory of Plasma Physics, Institute of Materials Science, NCSR “Demokritos” 15310 Ag. Paraskevi, Attiki, Greece; |
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Abstract: | Reference Cu-based alloy with chemical composition and micro-chemical structure similar to that of ancient alloys has been
used for carrying out the artificial long-term degradation test based on chloride enriched soil (chemical + soil) degradation.
The results show that such degradation procedure produces natural like “patinas” as the ones grown on archaeological artefacts,
from a chemical, structural and micro-morphological point of view. Glow discharge plasma technique has been employed for the
treatment of the as-corroded bronze coupons. The gradual elimination of chloride-containing corrosion products in favour of
the formation of more stable species and even the complete reduction back to copper has been observed. The chemical and metallurgical
features have been determined by combined use of different analytical techniques such as scanning electron microscopy with
energy dispersive X-ray micro-analysis (SEM-EDS), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and optical microscopy. |
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