Issue 5, 2011
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Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry

Synthesizing lead antimonate in ancient and modern opaque glass†

S. Lahlil,*a   M. Cotte,ab   I. Biron,a   J. Szlachetko,bcd   N. Menguye  and  J. Susinib  

* Corresponding authors

a C2RMF (UMR171) Centre de Recherche et de Restauration des Musées de France, Palais du Louvre, Porte des Lions 14 Quai François Mitterrand, Paris, France
E-mail: sophia.lahlil@culture.gouv.fr
Fax: +33147033246
Tel: +33140202491

b ESRF European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 6 rue Jules Horowitz, BP 220, Grenoble Cedex 9, France

c Institute of Physics, Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce, Poland

d Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI, Switzerland

e IMPMC Institut de Minéralogie et de Physique des Milieux Condensés, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Université Paris Diderot IPGP, 4 Place Jussieu, Paris Cedex 05, France

Abstract

Through the study of lead antimonate based opacifiers in three opaque glass productions—Egyptian glass of the 18th dynasty (1570–1292 BC), Roman mosaic tesserae and beads from Aquilea and Rome (2nd c. BC–5th c. AD) and Nevers lampworking glass figures 18th c. AD)—this paper shows the evolution of lead antimonate production during different periods of History. We also show the necessity of using systematic micro-chemical analyses, with both high spatial and high energy resolution techniques to investigate these types of materials. The synchrotron-based μ-XANES measurements combined with the microstructure observations (SEM and TEM), the chemical and structural analyses (EDX, WDS, μ-Raman), is the first step to getting information on the raw materials used and the technological processes employed to produce lead antimonate. The heterogeneity from one sample to another but also within the same sample, and even further within a single crystal aggregate clearly shows that a production cannot be unambiguously associated to a single chemical composition. However, differences between the three productions are clearly highlighted and hypotheses about glass manufacturing are proposed.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0JA00251H
Article type
Paper
Submitted
15 Dec 2010
Accepted
22 Mar 2011
First published
04 Apr 2011

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011,26, 1040-1050

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Synthesizing lead antimonate in ancient and modern opaque glass

S. Lahlil, M. Cotte, I. Biron, J. Szlachetko, N. Menguy and J. Susini, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 1040 DOI: 10.1039/C0JA00251H

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