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A Study on the Change in Microstructures of Traditional Forged High Tin Bronzes by Quenching  

Lee, Jae-Sung (Division of Restoration Technology, National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage)
Jeon, Ik-Hwan (Conservation Science Lab., Gyeonggi Provincial Museum)
Park, Jang-Sik (Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Hongik University)
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Journal of Conservation Science / v.27, no.4, 2011 , pp. 421-430 More about this Journal
Abstract
Thermal conditions in practice at the traditional bronze workshop of the Korean Folk Village in Yongin were examined along with the microstructures of some high tin bronze objects made there. Laboratory experiments approximating the conditions of the workshop were also carried out and the results were compared. The operating temperature of the workshop furnace was measured to range from $750^{\circ}C$ to $850^{\circ}C$ while the surface temperature of an object, upon its removal from the furnace for additional thermo-mechanical treatments, was generally in the range of $600^{\circ}C$ to $685^{\circ}C$. This variation in working temperatures was reflected in varying microstructures developed upon quenching. The products of the Folk Village were found to consist of microstructures where the ${\alpha}$ grains of the Cu-Sn system were distributed in the background of different phases including the ${\beta}$-martensite phase, retained ${\gamma}$ phase, ${\alpha}+{\delta}$ eutectoid or their mixtures. This variability, which is also identified in objects made in ancient times as well as in our laboratory experiments, suggests that the actual thermal conditions given during the quenching treatments are much more complicated than is inferred from the temperature measurements. This paper will present detailed accounts of the thermo-mechanical treatments as observed in the high tin bronze workshop of the Korean Folk Village and discuss the evolution of varying microstructures in terms of the substantial variability involved in the implementation of the traditional forged high tin bronze technology of Korea.
Keywords
Forged high tin bronze; Microstructure; Quenching; Korean Folk Village; Bronze workshop;
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