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Archaeometallurgical and Comparative Study of Material Characterization and Qualities of Two Profiles of Historical Argentine Railways of Different Gauges and Their Fixing Elements

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In the historical railway issue, few studies have been carried out, both nationally and internationally, to investigate the quality of railway material such as rails and fixings. The historical pieces of this research applied to the study of qualities of railway rail profiles are two Vignole type rails: one is the P50 wide gauge rail (1520 mm of Russian origin) that is part of the Godoy Cruz Railway Museum (Mendoza province) and the other is a narrow gauge rail (750 mm) that belongs to the Museum of the Old Patagonian Express “La Trochita” (Chubut province), and they were donated for this research. It is proposed to make a comparison of these railway and historical elements in terms of raw material, hardness, chemical composition by means of argon plasma spectrometer, analysis of macrographs and microstructures by means of binocular stereomicroscope and metallographic microscope, respectively. Through the study of these railway rails, it is possible to know the characteristics of the quality of the material, rolling or forging lines, sinks, blowholes, dendritic structures.

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  1. Archeometallurgy Area, Metallurgy Laboratory, Electromechanical Department, UTN FRM, Rodríguez 273, Mendoza, Argentina

    Patricia S. Carrizo

  2. Applied Technology (TECAP), Metallurgy Laboratory, Electromechanical Department, UTN FRM, Rodríguez 273, Mendoza, Argentina

    Miguel Franetovich & Cristian Aguilera

  3. Godoy Cruz Railway Museum, Panamericana y Av. del Trabajo Parque Benegas, Godoy Cruz, Mendoza, Argentina

    Rubén Lepez

  4. Chubut Patagonian Express Museum, Roggero y Brun, Esquel, Chubut, Argentina

    Pablo Bárbaro

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This invited article is part of a special topical issue of the journal Metallography, Microstructure, and Analysis on Archaeometallurgy. The issue was organized by Dr. Patricia Carrizo, National Technological University—Mendoza Regional, and Dr. Omid Oudbashi, Art University of Isfahan and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, on behalf of the ASM International Archaeometallurgy Committee.

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Carrizo, P.S., Franetovich, M., Aguilera, C. et al. Archaeometallurgical and Comparative Study of Material Characterization and Qualities of Two Profiles of Historical Argentine Railways of Different Gauges and Their Fixing Elements. Metallogr. Microstruct. Anal. 12, 233–245 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13632-023-00960-4

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