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A XANES study of the Sn K-edge in slag by-products from tin smelting experiments [Poster]
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ABSTRACT: Tin was a very important alloying element in Western Europe in the production of bronze (Cu-Sn alloy) since the second millennium BC (Bronze Age), when most metallic artefacts were made of this alloy.
Smelting experiments using cassiterite collected in the NW Iberian territory were made to produce tin in a very simple and small scale manner, using a small open pit structure to reproduce what could have been the manufacturing process of tin in prehistoric times. Chemical and structural analysis of the products by XRF, SEM-EDS and XRD were made to achieve a detailed knowledge of the characteristics of the materials. Additionally, an X-ray absorption near-edge structure region (XANES) study was performed on three types
of slags previously identified (Type 1, Type 2 and Type 3) to obtain information on the oxidation state of Sn. The analyses were made at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) at the beamline SpLine BM 25A (5-45 keV).
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Património cultural Arqueometalurgia XANES Absorção de raios X Estanho K-edge
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Figueiredo, E... [et.al.] - A XANES study of the Sn K-edge in slag by-products from tin smelting experiments. In: Cultural and Natural Heritage : ESRF-EBS Workshop, Grenoble, France, 22-24 January, 2020 (poster 22)