Solder Characterization on Ancient Gold Artifacts with the Electron Microprobe

Authors

A. R. Duval, Laboratoire de Recherche des Musées de France
C. Eluere, Musée des Antiquités Nationales St Germain-en-Laye

Abstract

The Laboratoire de Recherche des Musees de France has tested the applicability of the scanning electron microscope with X-ray analysis facilities in the study of ancient gold artifacts and particularly the joining processes. Three types of joining methods are known to have been used in Ancient Times : sintering, brazing with Au-Ag-Cu alloys and copper-salt binding. X-ray distribution maps of selected elements on very small areas show clearly the different processes used in the manufacture of Oriental and Iron-Age artifacts.

Recommended Citation

Duval, A. R. and Eluere, C. (1986) "Solder Characterization on Ancient Gold Artifacts with the Electron Microprobe," Scanning Electron Microscopy: Vol. 1986: No. 4, Article 10.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/electron/vol1986/iss4/10