Preliminary Scientific Research on Ancient Arsenic-Containing Majiang Type Bronze Drums in Guangxi Museum
Received:July 13, 2023   Revised:July 24, 2023   Accepted:July 25, 2023      Published Online:October 09, 2023
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DOI:doi:10.3969/j.issn.1007-7545.2023.11.019
KeyWord:archaeometallurgy; Majiang type bronze drums; Cu-Sn-Pb-As alloy; scientific analysis
        
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ZOU Guisen 广西民族大学科技史与科技文化研究院
ZHANG Xi 广西壮族自治区文物保护与考古研究所
LU Qiuyan 广西民族博物馆
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Abstract:
      By comparing the data of the bronze drums matrix with the portable fluorescence analyzer (pXRF) and the energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometer (ED-XRF), it is shown that pXRF is reliable in detecting the Majiang type copper drum with a lower degree of corrosion. pXRF was used to systematically detect 221 Majiang-type bronze drums in Anthropology Museum of Guangxi, the results show that the arsenic content of ≥2% is 53, accounting for 24%. Arsenic-containing Majiang type is an important alloy type of Majiang type bronze drum (arsenic-containing Majiang type). The arsenic-containing Majiang-type bronze drum is one of the most important bronzes in southern China. Its production is professional and complex, and provides important research materials for studying the development and utilization of arsenic-copper deposits in Guangxi and even southern China.
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