3D Micro-PIXE at atmospheric pressure: A new tool for the investigation of art and archaeological objects

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

Volumn 264, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 383-388

  Kanngießer, Birgit ^a   Karydas, Andreas Germanos ^b   Schütz, Roman ^a   Sokaras, Dimosthenis ^b   Reiche, Ina ^c   Röhrs, Stefan ^c   Pichon, Laurent ^c   Salomon, Joseph ^c  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE ET DE RESTAURATION DES MUSÉES DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

3D Micro PIXE; Archaeometry; Bronze; Confocal set up; Depth profiling of elemental composition; Patina

Indexed keywords

ALLOYS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; ELECTRONS; PROTONS; X RAY OPTICS;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL OBJECTS; CONFOCAL GEOMETRY; ELECTRON PROBE MICRO-ANALYSIS; X-RAY DETECTOR;

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION;

EID: 36148943573     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2007.09.019     Document Type: Article

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