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Artifact ID DK 141/327
Class wire/rod
Material copper-base
Site Don Klang
Period Late Period

Provenience Status/Description Metallography Elemental/Hardness
Alloy: high-tin bronze
Where Cut: cross section of shaft
How Mounted: lengthwise
Structure: Hot-worked and quenched.
Metallographic description: The specimen is completely corroded over three-quarters of its length. What metal remains is clearly of a beta-tin martensitic structure. It is full of needles, but the alpha is not unidirectional, arguing there was little working after casting. There are no distinguishable grains in the matrix.
DK 141/327<br>Cross section diameter varies from 0.06 to 0.1 cm. Shape of cross section uncertain because of corrosion.

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