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TDX (Tesis Doctorals en Xarxa)
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Di Febo, Roberta
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Molera Marimon, Judit
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Pradell Cara, Trinitat
2020-11-03T11:31:07Z
2021-04-18T02:00:14Z
2019-10-21
http://hdl.handle.net/10803/669903
Crystalline phases inside ancient glazes can have different origins: unreacted compounds (thus
already formed before the glaze formation), crystallites developed during the glaze production or
devitrification crystals formed after the glaze production (during burial by weathering processes).
This study deals with the identification of the crystalline phases developed during the firing of lead
glazes in ceramics from the 17th to 19th centuries. The formation of the crystallites during firing and
their distribution depends on the original composition of the glaze and body (clay, stonepastes, etc.),
the use of raw or pre-fired materials and on the firing conditions (temperature and atmosphere of the
furnace, single or double firing, etc.). Therefore, the detailed investigation of the crystal inclusions
and the microstructural heterogeneities in the glazes yield information on the nature of the objects,
the raw materials used, their thermal history as well as other important aspects of the glass making
technology.
This research develops a methodological approach to study of ceramic glaze microstructures based
on the thin section. Starting from its present role as an accessory identification technique, thin-section
petrography turns here into a pivotal tool to characterize micro-crystals embedded in ceramic glazes
and hence characterize the glazes themselves. Firstly, the crystallites are located and described using
thin-section petrographic methods. Special attention is paid to the description of the morphologies
and the optical features of the crystallites. Then, the thin section petrography data are linked to
compositional and structural data obtained from other analytical tools, such as SEM (scanning
electron microscopy), EPMA (electron probe micro-analyser), μ-Raman (micro-Raman) and SR-
μXRD (synchrotron-radiation X-ray micro-diffraction). For each mineral phase identified, chemical,
mineralogical and structural data are collected in such a way to obtain a correlation between
morphological and analytical data. Once established, this correlation could allow a quick and easy
identification of the crystallites using a petrographic microscope and therefore avoiding the repetition
of an exhaustive identification protocol involving the use of expensive characterization techniques
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Identification of microcrystalline phases in Lead Glazes of ceramics from 17th-19th centuries: archaeometric implications
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