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Electrochemical Approximation to Bronze Age Chronology via Multiple Scan Voltammetry.

ABSTRACT: Insert A multiple-scan voltammetry strategy is described and applied to a set of 107 Bronze Age and later copper/bronze objects, mainly from sites in Central Europe. This methodology allows the study of the compositional and textural properties (compactness, crystallinity, degree of hydration) of the patina to be studied from the accumulated peak current values for the characteristic signals corresponding to the reduction of cuprite and tenorite to metallic copper. A new model for the relationship between peak current and the depth reached in successive scans is presented and used to discriminate samples of different provenance and manufacturing technique, as well as their ascription to different Bronze Age periods.

SUBMITTER: Domenech-Carbo A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10962692 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Electrochemical Approximation to Bronze Age Chronology via Multiple Scan Voltammetry.

Doménech-Carbó Antonio A Mödlinger Marianne M Osete-Cortina Laura L Doménech-Carbó María Teresa MT

ChemElectroChem 20231106 23

Insert A multiple-scan voltammetry strategy is described and applied to a set of 107 Bronze Age and later copper/bronze objects, mainly from sites in Central Europe. This methodology allows the study of the compositional and textural properties (compactness, crystallinity, degree of hydration) of the patina to be studied from the accumulated peak current values for the characteristic signals corresponding to the reduction of cuprite and tenorite to metallic copper. A new model for the relationsh ...[more]

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