I, and colleagues, have looked at trace elements in the metals of copper and
brass kettles, but know of no one who has looked at trace elements in the joints.
Ron Hancock
T Moran wrote:
> Dear List members,
> My question is: has any one done or know of work done on the impurity
> signatures in the brass or bronze compounds used in the joints of copper
> pots and kettles manufactured in Europe form the 1600s to the 1900s?
> Possibly correlating them with manufacturing sites. That is to produce
> traceable signture for a given manufacturing site.
>
> Yours
> T.W.Moran
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Ronald G.V Hancock
http://chem-eng.toronto.edu:80/~hancock/
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