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- Title
An Archaeometallurgical Investigation of a Steel Sword from the Safavid Dynasty.
- Authors
Dini, Ghasem
- Abstract
In this study, a steel sword belonging to the Safavid dynasty was investigated to identify its chemistry, microstructure, mechanical properties, and processing. To this aim, chemical and phase analyses, optical microscopy investigations and a hardness test were conducted. The results indicated that the sword blade material was plain carbon steel containing 1.42 wt.% C. The microstructure consisted of spheroidal cementite particles in a ferrite matrix, facilitating the formation of a curved sword. It seemed that a combination of heat treatment and metal-forming techniques (thermo-mechanical process) was utilized to obtain this microstructure.
- Subjects
METALLURGY in archaeology; SAFAVID dynasty, Iran, 1501-1736; STEEL; SWORDS; MICROSTRUCTURE; HISTORY
- Publication
JOM: The Journal of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), 2018, Vol 70, Issue 2, p243
- ISSN
1047-4838
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11837-017-2696-9