Page 465 - Copper and Bronze in Art: Corrosion, Colorants, Getty Museum Conservation, By David Scott

TABLE 22 X-RAY DIFFRACTION DATA FOR SAMPLE OF BRONZE CORROSION
FROM THE BURRELL COLLECTION COMPARED WITH SODIUM COPPER
CARBONATE ACETATE

BURRELL CO LLECTION NEWLY IDENTI FIED SODIUM
LIGHT BLUE GRAINS 3 COPPER CARB ONATE ACETATI E b

Intensity d-spacing d-spacing Intensity
100 10.5 10.5 100
10 9.87 10.0 40
10 9.25 9.00 20
50 8.01 8.00 70
30 7.36 7.20 60
50 6.7 6.50 50
20 5.93 5.80 10
5.50 20
5.54 20
5.00 10
20 4.76 4.70 10
20 4.22 4.30 30
4.00 20
10 3.76 3.72 10
20 3.56 3.65 10
20 3.34 3.52 30
3.31 10
10 3.24 3.23 10
20 3.12 3.10 30
3.03 30
20 2.892 2.92 10
10 2.811 2.84 10
2.75 10
10 2.681 2.67 10
20 2.575 2.55 10
10 2.43 2.44 10
10 2.243 2.38 10
2.32 10
2.13 10
2.02 10
2.00 10
5 1.87
5 1.786
10 1.674
5 1.609

Burrell Collection (acc. no. 13.199), Glasgow, Scotland.
a
Egyptian artifact in the collections of the British Museum (Thickett and
b Odlyha 2000).