The effect of production techniques on historical ceramic morphology
Pore size distribution, pore shape as well as clay/inclusion ratio in volume percentage of historical pottery strongly depend on the used production techniques and on the geological sources. By the analysis of historical ceramic fragments we expect to be able to correlate the characteristics of the ceramic porosity, in terms of total volume and pore dimensions, to a specific production technique. We expect to reveal significant correlations among firing temperature, porosity and morphology of lab samples, prepared with different clay materials and subjected to different firing temperatures. The aim of this proposal is to complete and expand the results previously obtained by several techniques with SANS measurements. SANS will allow us to investigate the characteristics of open and closed pores (size, form factor shape) and the morphology of ceramic matrices (particle packing). The correlations within these data would allow, as a first step, the determination of important features of historical ceramics for linking their final characteristics to their production site.
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MONDELLI Claudia; Eleonora Balliana; CATTARUZZA Elti; GONELLA Francesco; RICCI Giulia; SCHWEINS Ralf and ZENDRI Elisabetta. (2016). The effect of production techniques on historical ceramic morphology. Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) doi:10.5291/ILL-DATA.1-03-33
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