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Artifact ID DK 283/445
Class adze
Material iron
Site Don Klang
Period Late Period

Provenience Status/Description Metallography Elemental/Hardness
Alloy: iron
Where Cut: through blade
How Mounted: cross-section mounted cut side up
Structure:
Metallographic description: This sample is from one of the few uncorroded areas of this adze. The microstructure consists of varying amounts of ferrite and pearlite; the carbon content is highly heterogeneous. The high carbon regions (~0.7% C) occur mostly in the central portion rather than on the edges. The lowest carbon areas are ~0.25% C. From the inclusions, though, the piece was probably wrought iron. In some areas the ferrite shows side plates and a Widmanstätten structure. The appearance of the ferrite indicates that this specimen was rapidly cooled from high in the austenite phase.

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DK 283/445<br>Intact length =9.9 cm; intact chord length of edge=13.8 cm; minimum width of waist=1.8 cm; average blade width=3.9 cm; socket opening is round; outer socket diameter =2.8 cm; inner socket diameter =1.8; adze face has a wide flared with squared-off tips curved backward.
DK 283/445<br>Intact length =9.9 cm; intact chord length of edge=13.8 cm; minimum width of waist=1.8 cm; average blade width=3.9 cm; socket opening is round; outer socket diameter =2.8 cm; inner socket diameter =1.8; adze face has a wide flared with squared-off tips curved backward.

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