Study of a XVIII century hand-painted Chinese wallpaper by multianalytical non-destructive techniques

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 582-586

  Pessanha, S ^a   Guilherme, A ^a   Carvalho, M L ^a,d   Cabaco M I ^a,b   Bittencourt, K ^a   Bruneel, Jean L ^c   Besnard, Marcel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES MOLÉCULAIRES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

EDXRF; Optical microscopy; Pigments; Raman spectroscopy; Wallpaper

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; HEMP; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PIGMENTS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

CONFOCAL RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; EDXRF; ELEMENTAL CONTENTS; LEAD WHITE; NON-DESTRUCTIVE TECHNIQUE; WALLPAPER; X RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS;

HEMP FIBERS;

BARIUM; DATA STORAGE; FLUORESCENCE; HEMP; MINERALS; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PIGMENT; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; WALL PAPERS;

EID: 67651085327     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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