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High Resolution Electron Microscopy of Maya Blue Paint

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

M. José-Yacamán  and
M. Carmen Serra Puche
M. José-Yacamán
Affiliation:
Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Apdo. Postal 20-364, Delegación Alvaro Obregón, 01000 México, D.F., México
M. Carmen Serra Puche
Affiliation:
Museo Nacional de Antropologfa, Paseo de la Reforma y Gandhi s/n 11560 México, D.F., México
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Abstract

In the present work we report the systematic studies of Maya blue paint using High Resolution Electron Microscopy, Electron Energy Loss, Scanning Electron Microscopy and Related Techniques.

A model to explain the well known properties of the paint such as: acid resistance is piesented

Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 352: Symposium – Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology IV , 1995 , 3
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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