Silver surface enrichment controlled by simultaneous RBS for reliable PIXE analysis of ancient coins

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

Volumn 266, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2320-2324

  Beck, L ^a,c   Alloin, E ^b   Berthier, C ^c   Reveillon S ^c   Costa, V ^d  

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

^b CIRSUD ^*  (France)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^d Institut de Restauration et de Recherches Archeologiques et Paleometallurgiques (IRRAP)   (France)

Author keywords

41.75.Ak; 81.05.Bx; 82.80.Ej; 82.80.Yc; Billon; PIXE; RBS; Silver coins; Silver enrichment; Silver copper alloys

Indexed keywords

COPPER ALLOYS; EXCAVATION; MUSEUMS; SILVER ALLOYS;

SILVER COINS; SILVER ENRICHMENT; SILVER-COPPER ALLOYS;

SURFACE TREATMENT;

EID: 44649145211     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2008.03.084     Document Type: Article

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