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Artifact ID BCES 0490/1286
Class bangle
Material copper-base
Site Ban Chiang BCES
Period Middle Period

Alloy: bronze.
Where Cut: a v-shaped cut on the outside of the shaft
How Mounted: cut side up
Structure: As-cast.
Metallographic description: Heavily corroded; what remains are coarse cored dendrites. Any possible second phase has been corroded away. Lots of gas porosity and nonmetallic inclusions.

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