- Title
- Samurai's swords, a non-invasive investigation by neutron techniques
- Creator
- Salvemini, Filomena; Luzin, Vladimir; Avdeev, Maxim; Tremsin, Anton; Sokolova, Anna; Gregg, Alexander; Wensrich, Chris; Gatenby, Sue; Kim, Min-Jung; Grazzi, Francesco
- Relation
- 9th International conference on the Beginnings of the Use of Metals and Alloys, BUMA-IX 2017. Proceedings of Ninth International Conference on the Beginnings of the Use of Metals and Alloys (BUMA-IX) (Busan, Korea 16-19 October, 2017) p. 15-23
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.983.15
- Publisher
- Trans Tech Publications
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2020
- Description
- A synergic combination of neutron techniques was applied to characterize non-invasively the laminated structure of a set of ancient katana, part of the East Asian Collection of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (MAAS) in Sydney. Neutron tomography, diffraction, residual stress and Bragg-edge transmission analyses were undertaken on samples of well-known origin, time period and authorship to create a reference database on the main manufacturing methods developed by Japanese swordsmiths. In the attempt to attribute mumei (no-signature) blades basing on a scientific analytical method rather than a stylistic analysis, data from the reference samples were benchmarked against the results obtained from the unknown blade to identify differences and commonalities in the production process.
- Subject
- archaeometallurgy; diffraction; imaging; neutron methods; non-invasive; samurai’s swords
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1444759
- Identifier
- uon:42398
- Identifier
- ISBN:9783035713213
- Language
- eng
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