Recent and future developments in the use of radiation for the study of objects of cultural heritage significance

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 367-374

  Creagh, Dudley ^a   Lee, Alana ^a   Otieno Alego, Vincent ^a   Kubik, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cultural heritage studies; FTIR spectroscopy; Hyperspectral imaging; PIXE; Raman spectroscopy; Synchrotron radiation; XRD; XRF

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL HERITAGE STUDIES; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING; PIXE; XRD; XRF;

DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTUM OPTICS; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCATTERING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; SYNCHROTRONS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; X RAY SCATTERING;

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY;

FERRIC OXIDE; KAOLIN; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTIFACT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FLUORESCENCE; HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFRARED RADIATION; LABORATORY APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE BEAM X RAY EMISSION; PARTICLE RADIATION; RADIATION; REVIEW; SYNCHROTRON; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 67349237506     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2009.03.005     Document Type: Review

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