Chapter 11: Copper and copper alloy artefacts: Contemporary experimentation and modern analyses

The study of copper alloy fastenings and fittings from 18th and 19th-century sailing ships wrecked on Australian shores has provided a wealth of information about the composition of the alloys and their possible influence in determining the overall condition and fate of these vessels (MacLeod 1991; MacLeod and Beng 2000; MacLeod and Pennec 1990; MacLeod and Pitrun 1986, 1988; McCarthy 1996, 2005; Samuels 1983; Stanbury 1998,1994; Taylor and MacLeod 1985; Viduka and Ness 2004).