Raman Spectrum Analysis of Corrosion Products on the Bronze Earcup
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Published
2017-06-30
Issue Date
2017-09-13
Abstract
The corrosion products grown on the bronze earcup unearthed at Silibao site, Yunyang county, Chongqing were investigated by microscope and identified by Raman spectroscopy. The results are as follows: The corrosion products grown on the earcup are pyromorphite(lead phosphate chloride, Pb5(PO4)3Cl), cerussite(PbCO3), lead oxide(PbO), cuprite(Cu2O), malachite(Cu2CO3(OH)2) and azurite (Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2). And the corrosion products of lead from inner to outer are : lead oxide, cerussite and pyromorphite. It can be deduced through analysis that pyromorphite in the out layer of the patina was formed through the process Pb→PbO→PbCO3→Pb5(PO4)3Cl. Cerussite will transfer to pyromorphite when in the enviroment with ambient PH, higher phosphate levels and chloride.
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Raman Spectrum Analysis of Corrosion Products on the Bronze Earcup. Chinese Journal of Light Scattering. 2017, 29(2): 148-152 https://doi.org/10.13883/j.issn1004-5929.201702010