Nano-microcrystals revealed on Tang dynasty gilded bronze using advanced TEM-SEM and synchrotron methods

• Published in: Nanoscale Vol. 16; no. 33; pp. 15758 - 15769
• Main Authors: Liritzis, Ioannis, Cazottes, Sophie, Douillard, Thierry, Véron, Muriel, Roqué-Rosell, Josep, Marini, Carlo, Das, Partha Pratim, Gomez-Perez, Alejandro, Galanis, Athanassios S, Nicolopoulos, Stavros, Manti, Panagiota, Yang, Junchang, Zhang, Xiangyu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Royal Society of Chemistry 22.08.2024
• Subjects: Corrosion products; Corrosion tests; Crystal growth; Crystallography; Diffusion layers; Gold; Headgear; Historical metallurgy; Intermetallic compounds; Metal working; Microcrystals; Nonlinear Sciences; Scale (corrosion); Silver; State-of-the-art reviews

Over the years, numerous gold and silver artifacts have been excavated from the tombs of the Tang dynasty, which give evidence of the sophisticated metalworking techniques at that time. Few of the artifacts were thoroughly studied and their manufacturing processes were barely known. The present inve...