Journal article
Were the casing stones of Senefru's Bent Pyramid in Dahshour cast or carved? Multinuclear NMR evidence
Materials letters, v 65(2), pp 350-352
31 Jan 2011
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Abstract
A comparison was made of the solid-state Si-29, Al-27 and Ca-43 MAS NMR spectra of the outer casing stone from Snefru's Bent Pyramid in Dahshour, Egypt, with two quarry limestones from the area. The NMR results suggest that the casing stones consist of limestone grains from the Tura quarry, cemented with an amorphous calcium-silicate gel formed by human intervention, by the addition of extra silica, possibly diatomaceous earth, from the Fayium area. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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- Title
- Were the casing stones of Senefru's Bent Pyramid in Dahshour cast or carved? Multinuclear NMR evidence
- Creators
- Kenneth J. D. MacKenzie - MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and NanotechnologyMark E. Smith - University of WarwickAlan Wong - University of WarwickJohn V. Hanna - University of WarwickBernard Barry - GNS ScienceMichel W. Barsoum - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Materials letters, v 65(2), pp 350-352
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 3
- Grant note
- EPSRC (NMR equipment at Warwick); UK Research & Innovation (UKRI); Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) AM1/2 / ERDF; European Commission Advantage West Midlands; General Electric DMR 0907430 / Ceramics Division of the National Science Foundation
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000286158000060
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-78049495117
- Other Identifier
- 991019168746404721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
- Physics, Applied