Fiskerton, Lincolnshire: Analysis of the modern iron analogue samples buried for 30 months
Author(s): V Fell, Jim Williams
A project was initiated in December 2003 to investigate the deterioration of modern analogue samples buried in the vicinity of the Iron Age causeway at Fiskerton. The final sets of iron coupons were retrieved and analysed after 30 months burial. The results of X-ray diffraction analysis of the corrosion products on those 30 month coupons are reported here. The iron carbonate siderite was the dominant corrosion product at all soil horizons, and iron sulphides occurred in the lower waterlogged anoxic levels. Analysis of the previously recovered coupons and the calculations of the corrosion rates for all the burial periods are reported on elsewhere.
- Report Number:
- 13/2007
- Series:
- Research Department Reports
- Pages:
- 25
- Keywords:
- Burial Environments Conservation Iron Modern
