- Author
- Brown, P. W. | Clifton, J. R.
- Title
- Nondestructive Techniques for Evaluating Metallic Artifacts of Historical Interest.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Journal
- Bulletin of the Association for Preservation Technology, Vol. 8, No. 4, 2-21, 1976
- Keywords
- historlogy | composition materials | metals
- Identifiers
- artifacts
- Abstract
- The paper describes a variety of nondestructive evaluation (NDE) techniques which can be used to characterize the compositions and methods of fabrication of metallic artifacts, to form a basis for approximating their ages and determining their sources. This paper was prepared with the objective of showing preservation technologists how NDE methods can be used in the course of their work.