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Artifact ID BCES 0601/2021
Class amorphous
Material copper-base
Site Ban Chiang BCES
Period Early Period

Alloy: bronze.
Where Cut: in half lengthwise
How Mounted: cross-section mounted cut side up
Structure: As-cast.
Metallographic description: Cored dendrites, heavy corrosion. Grain boundaries are lightly outlined by corrosion. Gray nonmetallic inclusions are common and twinned redeposited copper is present in some voids.

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