Journal of Powder Metallurgy & Mining
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Kosai Shoki

Global Innovation Research Organization, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu-shi, Shiga, Japan

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There is Evidence that Dry Silver Ore was Used a Lot in Early Islam, which has Implications for the History of Silver Metallurgy

Lead metallurgy has been closely associated with silver production for much of its history. It is generally accepted that galena, a lead sulfide, was the most common silver source in the early Middle Ages. Since galena can be associated with silver in the range of 0.1–0.5%, and rarely more, this indicates that tons of lead had to be laborious... Read More»

Kosai Shoki

: J Powder Metall Min 2023, 12:360

10.4172/2168-9806.1000360

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