Starley, D. (1999). Determining the technological origins of iron and steel. J Archaeol Sci 26 (8). Vol 26(8), pp. 1127-1133.
Title The title of the publication or report |
Determining the technological origins of iron and steel | |||||||||
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J Archaeol Sci 26 (8) | |||||||||
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Journal of Archaeological Science | |||||||||
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26 (8) | |||||||||
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1127 - 1133 | |||||||||
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The potential for identifying the technology of production of iron artefacts is investigated through the examination of two series of well-dated iron samples. Compositional variations were investigated in both the metal matrices, using scanning electron microscope (SEM)-based wavelength dispersive analysis, and in the slag inclusions by an energy dispersive detector. This combination of data allowed the partitioning of elements between the two phases to be calculated, providing a measure of furnace conditions. A first study looked at high quality iron and steel from the Late Mediaeval and Renaissance, through the analysis of sixty samples from forty-four plate armours. A change to the use of superior steels by south German and English armourers from AD 1500 is suggested to derive from the high bloomery smelting process, on the basis of the partitioning of manganese. More recent work examined architectural ironwork with the aim of investigating eighteenth- and nineteenth-century innovative coke-fired reverberatory processes for the conversion of cast iron to wrought iron. The results have now been tested against previously suggested models for the composition of these alloys. | |||||||||
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published |
1999 | |||||||||
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20 Jan 2002 |