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Artifact ID DK 153/332
Class wire/rod
Material copper-base
Site Don Klang
Period Late Period

Alloy: high-tin bronze
Where Cut: cross section of shaft
How Mounted: lengthwise
Structure: Hot-worked and quenched.
Metallographic description: Beta-tin martensite with needles and longitudinal alpha. Grains can be seen in the beta matrix.

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