Conservation around the Millennium (Hungarian National Museum, 2001)

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of potential of metals and a number of relations producing corrosion (see details described in more articles). As we cannot let these active factors produce their effect on the art object until its entire destruction during treatments we also cleaned the ornament created with “Spanish” technique.

I would like to call here the attention of colleagues again to have a good look at the object by microscope, if possible, before putting it into the treating agent.

TABLE

The results of electron probe microanalysis or energy-dispersive analysis (results are indicated in mass %)

grave: 2149

2207

1315

1

2

3

4

5

6 z

7 k

small strap end

1

11

Cu

71.5

76.0

56.2

72.5

89.3

28.0

33.4

Zn

3.4

11.3

Sn

28.5

23.0

2.8

7.3

26.7

50.0

Pb

16.7

12.5

11.3

3.2

z = green coloured inlay k = bluish coloured inlay

Results of X-ray emission analysis

grave: 2149

1348

1315

mounting

great strap end

great strap end

great strap end “bracelet”

B

A

B

A

A

B

Cu

63.197

67.351

73.233

74.257

73.182

61.379

60.197

Zn

1.911

4.258

2.395

2.317

2.643

Sn

27.431

19.652

15.924

15.924

17.758

35.293

36.976

Pb

2.636

4.359

4.224

3.190

2.628

0.674

0.529

Sb

4.125

3.390

3.583

3.547

3.391

2.536

2.134

Tests of basic metal: A = strap end B = strap end, reverse side

Results of PIXE analysis (abstracted) grave 1319 (2-8)

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Cu

67.53

69.31

51.37

71.48

57.54

73.48

36.11

Zn

0.20

0.23

0.20

0.17

0.30

0.28

0.27

Sn

24.55

25.89

44.97

13.65

47.84

38.43

60.51

Pb

0.75

0.83

0.74

0.62

1.17

1.19

2.08

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