Metallographic examination of a Japanese sword
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Jan 29, 2022
Abstract
An early Japanese sword showed construction of the makuri-kitae or kofuse-kitae type. lts edge and outer zone were made of high carbon tool steel (0.6-0.8% C), while the core was of soft, low carbon steel (ca 0.2% C). The sword was quenched and showed an acicular (martensitic) structure near the edge.
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Chikashige, M, Alchemy and other chemical achievements of the Ancient Orient (Tokyo 1936).
Kubota, K, 'Japan's original steel making and its development under the influence of foreign technique'. Report for the Committee for International Cooperation in the History of Technology, Pont a Mousson 1970, 1-8.
Piaskowski, J, 'Classification of the structure of slag inclusions in early objects made of bloomery iron', Archaeologia Polona 1976, 17, 139-149.
Smith, CS, 'A metallographic examination of some Japanese sword blades', in La tecnica di fabbricazione delle lame di acciaio presso gli antichi. Quaderno II del Centro, per la Storia della Metalurgia A.I.M., Milano 1957, 42-68.
Tanimura, H, 'Researches on the forging of Japanese swords. First Report'. Technology Report of KyAshu Imperial University (Kögaku-Ihö) 1939, 14, 13, 299-309.
Tanimura, H, 'Development of the Japanese sword'. Journal of Metals 1980, 63-73.
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Piaskowski, J. . (2022). Metallographic examination of a Japanese sword. Historical Metallurgy, 27(2), 110-117. https://www.hmsjournal.org/index.php/home/article/view/490
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Piaskowski, J. . (2022). Metallographic examination of a Japanese sword. Historical Metallurgy, 27(2), 110-117. https://www.hmsjournal.org/index.php/home/article/view/490