Journal of Imaging (May 2023)

Structural Features of the Fragments from Cast Iron Cauldrons of the Medieval Golden Horde: Neutron Tomography Data

  • Bulat Bakirov,
  • Veronica Smirnova,
  • Sergey Kichanov,
  • Eugenia Shaykhutdinova,
  • Mikhail Murashev,
  • Denis Kozlenko,
  • Ayrat Sitdikov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging9050097
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 5
p. 97

Abstract

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The spatial arrangement of the internal pores inside several fragments of ancient cast iron cauldrons related to the medieval Golden Horde period was studied using the neutron tomography method. The high neutron penetration into a cast iron material provides sufficient data for detailed analysis of the three-dimensional imaging data. The size, elongation, and orientation distributions of the observed internal pores were obtained. As discussed, the imaging and quantitative analytical data are considered structural markers for the location of cast iron foundries, as well as a feature of the medieval casting process.

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