Silver surface enrichment of silver-copper alloys: A limitation for the analysis of ancient silver coins by surface techniques

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

Volumn 226, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 153-162

  Beck, L ^a   Besonnet, S ^a   Reveillon S ^a   Eliot, D ^a   Pilon, F ^b  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b CEA LE RIPAULT   (France)

Author keywords

Ch teaubleau; Debased silver; PIXE; Roman silver coins; SEM EDS; Silver enrichment; Silver copper alloys; X ray spectrometry

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; BLAST ENRICHMENT; COINAGE; CORROSION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STANDARDS; SURFACE TREATMENT;

CHÂTEAUBLEAU; COIN MANUFACTURING; DEBASED SILVER; PIXE; ROMAN SILVER COINS; SEM-EDS; SILVER ENRICHMENT; SILVER-COPPER ALLOYS; X-RAY SPECTROMETRY;

SILVER ALLOYS;

EID: 5744219626     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-583X(04)00831-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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