Unraveling the History and Science behind Ancient Decorative Metal Threads (IMAGE)

American Chemical Society

Unraveling the History and Science behind Ancient Decorative Metal Threads

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This colorized microscopy image of an 18th century metal thread reveals it is made of a piece of metal wrapped around a silk core; inset shows relative amounts of silver and gold/silver alloy. Scale bar = 100 microns.

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Aleksandra Popowich and Edward Vicenzi

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