Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Fullerence in Charcoal of Mawangdui Chinese Han-Dynasty Tomb

CHUAN Xiu-Yun1; ZHENG Zhe1; CHEN Jing2   

  1. 1. School of Earth and Space Science; Peking University; Beijing 100871; China; 2. Electron Microscopy Laboratory; Peking University; Beijing 100871, China
  • Received:2002-06-13 Revised:2002-08-06 Published:2003-07-20 Online:2003-07-20

Abstract: A fresh women corpse was found at Mawangdui Han-dynasty tomb in Hunan province in 1972. It was a marvel that
was kept fresh for about two thousands years. Archaeologist and geologist proposed that was induced by buried and geological conditions. The charcoal
in Mawangdui Han-Dynasty Tomb was measured with high-resolution transmission electron microscope and X-ray diffractometer. Two
kinds of carbon structure were found in this charcoal: turbostastic carbon and alike graphite. Fullerence was found in this charcoal. The kind of
charcoal is important to keeping corpse fresh in Mawangdui Han-dynasty tomb. This found is important to materials science, carbon and archeological studies.

Key words: Mawangdui, charcoal, fullerence, Han-dynasty tomb

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