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An Approach to Microanalysis and Conservation of Silver - Copper Object in Agriculture Museum, Cairo, Egypt

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Restoration

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.

DOI

10.21608/jguaa.2013.2998

Keywords

: Ancient silver alloys, ICP-OES, treatment silver – copper object

Authors

First Name

ABEER

Last Name

Gharib

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Affiliation

Lecturer Conservation dept., Faculty of Fine Arts, Minia Univ., Minia (Egypt)

Email

abeerelalafty@yahoo.com

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مصر

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Volume

14

Article Issue

1

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539

Issue Date

2013-01-01

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2017-05-07

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2013-01-01

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1

Page End

15

Print ISSN

2536-9822

Online ISSN

2536-9830

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https://jguaa.journals.ekb.eg/article_2998.html

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13

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المقالة الأصلية

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413

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مجلة الإتحاد العام للآثاريين العرب

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https://jguaa.journals.ekb.eg/

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An Approach to Microanalysis and Conservation of Silver - Copper Object in Agriculture Museum, Cairo, Egypt

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22 Jan 2023