Project description
Building phase diagrams for Cu-As-(Ni, Sb) alloys
Sulfosalt minerals, from which copper (Cu) is mined, are characterised by high concentrations of arsenic (As), nickel (Ni) and antimony (Sb). However, the properties of Cu-As-(Ni, Sb)-based alloys are poorly understood. As no phase diagrams of such ternary alloys exist, their material characteristics remain widely unknown. Funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the ASCUNISB project will focus on the physico-chemical properties of Cu mined from sulfosalt minerals. The project will build phase diagrams for Cu-As-(Ni, Sb) alloys by investigating each alloy phase and identifying unknown phases. ASCUNISB will also create a base for new applications, reduce economic and environmental costs, and deliver a database to address urgent research questions by assessing the earliest metal technologies c. 2300 BCE.
Fields of science
- humanitieshistory and archaeologyhistoryprehistory
- natural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrytransition metals
- natural sciencesphysical sciencesopticsmicroscopy
- natural scienceschemical sciencesanalytical chemistrycalorimetry
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollution
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Funding Scheme
MSCA-IF-EF-CAR - CAR – Career Restart panelCoordinator
16126 Genova
Italy
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