TY - JOUR
T1 - Quantitative ion beam analysis of complex gold-based artefacts
AU - Demortier, Guy
AU - Ruvalcaba-Sil, José-Luis
N1 - Publication code : **RES. ACAD.
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - Quantitative analysis of major and minor elements in a heavy matrix with high relief requires a perfect knowledge of the geometry of irradiation and detection. We discuss in this paper, the contribution of these geometrical factors for the investigation of gold jewellery items which were studied with PIXE, RBS and NRA. The combination of all these techniques is often necessary to give us sufficient information on the workmanship of ancient goldsmiths. Examples of application to artefacts from Macedonia and Colombia are given.
AB - Quantitative analysis of major and minor elements in a heavy matrix with high relief requires a perfect knowledge of the geometry of irradiation and detection. We discuss in this paper, the contribution of these geometrical factors for the investigation of gold jewellery items which were studied with PIXE, RBS and NRA. The combination of all these techniques is often necessary to give us sufficient information on the workmanship of ancient goldsmiths. Examples of application to artefacts from Macedonia and Colombia are given.
U2 - 10.1016/j.nimb.2005.06.176
DO - 10.1016/j.nimb.2005.06.176
M3 - Article
SN - 0168-583X
VL - 239
SP - 1
EP - 15
JO - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
IS - 1-2
ER -