Section: 6 | Minerals and pigments (MP) | Page: 65 |
IRUG filename: IMP00065 | Data type: Infrared | IRUG material class: Minerals and pigments (MP) |
Sample type: Reference material | Common name(s): Chinese purple pigment, Han purple | Trade name(s): Han Color Stick No. 8 |
Chemical/botanical name(s): Barium copper silicate | CAS name: Barium copper silicate (BaCu(SiO3)2) | Sample source 1: Han Color Stick No. 8 |
Sample source 2: Royal Ontario Museum | Source location 2: 100 Queens Park, Toronto, ON, M5S 2C6, Canada | Color: Purple |
Application: MFTIR (Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy) | Mode: Tran | Literature Reference: FitzHugh, E. W., and L. Zycherman. "An Early Man-made Blue Pigment from China-Barium Copper Silicate." Studies in Conservation 28 (1983): 15-23. |
Originating institution name: Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution | Originating institution acronym: FGA | Molecular formula: Ba Cu O6 Si2 |
Linear formula: BaCuSi2O6 | CAS registry no: 169122-88-7 |