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Artifact ID BCES 0708/2436
Class amorphous
Material copper-base
Site Ban Chiang BCES
Period Late Period

Alloy: bronze.
Where Cut: in half
How Mounted: cross-section mounted cut side up
Structure: As-cast.
Metallographic description: Cored dendritic structure, with extensive interdendritic corrosion, though patches of alpha+delta eutectoid remain. There are numerous pockets of twinned redeposited copper in the gas voids and corrosion holes.

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