AN INVESTIATION INTO THE TECHNOLOGICAL PROCESS USED TO PRODUCE DAVID HARTLEY'S FIRE-PLATING
Author(s): D Starley, T Finney
5 samples of thin sheet-iron, used to prevent the spread of fire in late C18th buildings, were examined by metallography and scanning electron microscope (SEM) based inclusion analysis. All samples were found to be uniformly low in carbon, although one contained a significant amount of phosphorus. Low levels of sulphur suggested the preferential use of charcoal-smelted iron.
- Report Number:
- 53/1996
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 13
- Keywords:
- Iron
