Metallographic Examination of Cast Iron Lump Produced in the Bloomery Iron Making Process
Keywords:
bloomery iron making, cast iron, smelting slag, metallography, chemical composition.Abstract
A small lump composed of separate cast iron trickles has been discovered during the archaeological investigations of an
ancient iron production site in Lieporiai vicinity (Šiauliai district, Lithuania) dating from the 4th to the beginning of the
7th c. AD. A number of peculiarities of this interesting finding, emphasizing its distinction from bloomery iron and even
from common cast iron, have been revealed. The results of metallographic examination and the analyses of chemical
composition of the lump are presented in the paper.
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