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Investigations on ancient bronze drums from Majiang, Guangxi, P. R. China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2024

Zeng Chao ,
Liao Changzhong ,
Wan Fubin  and
He Wei Open the ORCID record for He Wei [Opens in a new window]
Zeng Chao
Affiliation:
College of Modern Circulation, Guangxi International Business Vocational College, Nanning 530007, China
Liao Changzhong
Affiliation:
School of Resources, Environment and Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
Wan Fubin
Affiliation:
Institute for History and Culture of Science and Technology, Guangxi University for Nationalities, Nanning 530006, China
He Wei*
Affiliation:
School of Resources, Environment and Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
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a)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Electronic mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Six different types of Majiang bronze drums from Hechi City, Guangxi, China were collected from the Guangxi Museum to characterize the original scheme of polychromy and materials used for the drums. The composition of all the samples were determined by using scanning electron microscopy with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. All the bronze drums contain mainly Cu, Sn, Pb, and As. Qualitative analysis of the structure by X-ray powder diffraction indicates that each of the six bronze drums contains four or five phases, namely (Cu, As), Pb, Cu3Sn, and Cu10Sn3 or Cu, Pb, As0.2Cu1.8, Cu3Sn, and Cu10Sn3. The Rietveld structural refinement is performed first time for the quantitative analysis of ancient bronze drums and inorganic cultural relics. This paper reports the result.

Keywords

ancient bronze drumsalloyspowder X-ray diffractioncrystal structureRietveld refinement
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Technical Article
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Powder Diffraction , Volume 39 , Issue 4 , December 2024 , pp. 217 - 223
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of International Centre for Diffraction Data

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