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Artifact ID BCES 0742/2635
Class flat
Material copper-base
Site Ban Chiang BCES
Period Middle Period-Late Period

Alloy: bronze.
Where Cut: cross section
How Mounted: cross-section mounted cut side up
Structure: As-cast.
Metallographic description: Long, fine cored dendrites, from fairly rapid cooling. No second phase is visible, as would be expected from its composition, but that may be due to corrosion.

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