The role of grain size in embrittlement of archaeological silver
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Abstract
Archaeological silver may be embrittled by long-term corrosion and microstructural changes. The embrittlement of artifacts increases with increasing grain size. This is explained by considering the grain boundary character and models describing the interactions between microcracks, lattice dislocations and grain boundaries. Severely embrittled artifacts are frangible or even friable.
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