On the authenticity of eight Reales 1730 Mexican silver coins by X-ray diffraction and by energy dispersion spectroscopy techniques

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 215, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 537-544

  Rojas Rodriguez, I ^a,b   Herrera, A ^a   Vazquez Lopez C ^c   Apolo, R ^d   Gonzalez Hernandez J ^e   Hernandez Landaverde M A ^e   Rodriguez, M E ^a  

^a CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

^b Univ Tecn de Querétaro   (Mexico)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^d Soc Numismat de San Luis Potosi ^*  (Mexico)

^e INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Coins authenticity; Non destructive evaluation; Silver coins

Indexed keywords

COINS AUTHENTICITY; OPTICAL MICROGRAPHY ANALYSIS; SILVER COINS;

COMPOSITION; CONTAMINATION; COPPER; CORRELATION METHODS; CORROSION; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHASE DIAGRAMS; RUTHERFORD BACKSCATTERING SPECTROSCOPY; TRACE ELEMENTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

SILVER;

EID: 0942267867     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2003.09.043     Document Type: Article

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