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Organic films for protection of copper and bronze against acid rain corrosion
No full textIn this paper, the anticorrosive effects of surface films formed on copper and bronzes by different organic inhibitors (mainly benzotriazole derivatives) are evaluated. Several alloys, nominally similar in composition to ancient artistic bronzes, were studied in comparison with copper. The protective efficiency of the organic coatings was tested by electrochemical ac and dc measurements performed both in acid and neutral rain. The experimental data show that benzotriazole derivatives with a long aliphatic chain form thin and very protective films on copper. The presence of the alloying elements (e.g. Sn, Zn, Pb) and multiphasic structures decrease the organic film performances. Nevertheless, among the compounds used, the most efficient, 5-octyl-1,2,3-benzotriazole (C8), seems to be a promising coating in the bronze conservation field. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
Corrosion evaluation of artificially aged 6 wt-% tin bronze
No full textThis study concerns the corrosion behaviour of wrought 94 wt-%Cu-6 wt-%Sn (B6) bronze, whose composition is similar to materials used for outdoor bronze artefacts. In order to investigate the influence of the composition and microstructure on bronze corrosion processes, electrochemical ac and dc measurements in synthetic acid rain and chloride solutions were performed on the B6 binary alloy in comparison with an as cast bronze having a different degree of purity. Moreover, to perform thin layer activation (TLA) measurements of thickness loss, a suitable radio nuclide 65Zn (t1/2= 244 days) was produced on B6 specimens by a high energy proton beam. Artificial weathering experiments have been carried out by exposing activated and non-activated B6 specimens: To selected pollutants including NOx and SO2 at different concentrations to simulate urban and industrial atmospheres; in a cyclic salt spray cabinet to investigate the effects of marine environments; to basic (NH4)2SO4 solutions reproducing the aggressiveness of ammonia containing wet deposits. At the end of each test, the B6 corrosion rates obtained by weight loss determinations have been compared with those arising from the TLA method. Finally, the nature and microstructure of the surface oxidation products were investigated
Advanced surface techniques for characterization of Cu-base artefacts
No full textPatinae on Cu-base alloys have been characterized by means of GDOS, SEM, XRD and AFM. The effect of a protective coating was tested in aggressive artificial solutions. Patinae and the bulk of several metal Punic objects were also examined. The GDOS results combined with SEM capabilities allow exhaustive investigation of composition, element distribution and microstructure of modified surface in modern bronzes exposed to accelerated ageing tests as well as in ancient bronzes. The SEM data of the patina thickness agree with the GDOS data. The XRD and SEM investigations allow an exhaustive characterization of corrosion products. Corrosion growth in its early stages determines the effectiveness of the patina's protective role and the AFM is a promising technique for investigating this
Studio di trattamenti superficiali e di inibitori della corrosione dell'ottone all'alluminio in soluzioni acquose
No full textBenzotriazole (BTA) or 2-mercaptobenzimidazole (MBI) prefilming treatment is the most promising method to protect aluminum brass against corrosion. Both uniform and localized corrosion attack, if it occurs, can be blocked with their use
Properties of surface layers formed on al-brass by prefilming with benzimidazole-2-thiol
No full textInfluence of a prefilming treatment on the corrosion behaviour of Aluminium brass in aqueous solutions
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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
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