Published Online: Jul 22, 2017
Page range: 118 - 122
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/kom-2017-0014
© by P. Rak
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This article is aimed at summarizing knowledge about copper and patina that is formed on the surface of copper. The article describes chemical processes in patina formation and explains the difference between natural and artificial patina, as well as some methods used in the investigation of patina such as XRD analysis, EIS analysis, Raman spectroscopy