Pre-Columbian alloys from the royal tombs of Sipán; energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence analysis with a portable equipment

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 68, Issue 4-5, 2010, Pages 525-528

  Cesareo, R ^a   Calza, C ^b   Dos Anjos, M ^b   Lopes, R T ^b   Bustamante, A ^c   Fabian S , J ^c   Alva, W ^d   Chero Z , L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^d Proyecto Arqueológico Cerro Ventarrón   (Peru)

Author keywords

Moche gold; Portable equipment; Tumbaga; X ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE; ENERGY-DISPERSIVE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GOLD AND SILVER; MOCHE GOLD; NORTH COAST; PRE-COLUMBIAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SMALL SIZE; STANDARD SAMPLES; THERMOELECTRICALLY COOLED X-RAY DETECTORS; TUMBAGA; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ALLOYS; COPPER; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; EXCAVATION; FLUORESCENCE; GOLD; PLATING; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; SILVER; SILVER ALLOYS; X RAY TUBES; X RAYS;

X RAY SPECTROMETERS;

ALLOY; COPPER ALLOY; GOLD ALLOY; SILVER ALLOY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIQUITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL REACTION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ALLOYS; COLOMBIA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; METALLURGY; MINIATURIZATION; PERU; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION;

EID: 77649238024     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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