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http://dx.doi.org/10.12654/JCS.2014.30.4.10

Effect of Changes on Color Characteristics by Microstructural Transformations of Cu-Sn Bronzes  

Lee, Jae-Sung (Naju National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage)
Park, Jang-Sik (Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Hongik University)
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Journal of Conservation Science / v.30, no.4, 2014 , pp. 417-425 More about this Journal
Abstract
Color characteristics of the Cu-Sn alloys (bronze) in as-cast conditions were determined by reference to the $L^*$, $a^*$, $b^*$ color space. Results show that the values of $a^*$ and $b^*$ decrease with the increase in Sn levels, indicating that the colors of bronze alloys are increasingly away from red and yellow with the increase in the fraction of the ${\delta}$ phase while the opposite is true with the ${\alpha}$ phase. It has also been found in similar experiments with the Cu-22% Sn alloys that heat treatments in varying conditions produce subtle differences in their color characteristics as observed in the $L^*$, $a^*$, $b^*$ color space, due likely to the formation of various phases in different fractions.
Keywords
Cu-Sn bronze; Color characteristics; Microstructure; Heat treatment;
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