Non ferrous metal

Description

The term non-ferrous metals is a collective term from materials science under which a part of the so-called non-ferrous metals are summarised. In archaeometallurgy, the term non-ferrous metal is mainly used to describe copper-based materials – i.e. copper and its various alloys (tin bronze, lead bronze, arsenic bronze, brass, red brass and many more).

Sample properties

The properties of the sample depends on the problem, the metal and the analysis method. Information on this can also be found under the corresponding methods.