Spectral methods for historical paper analysis: Composition and age approximation

Instrumentation Science and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 96-106

  Doncea, Sanda Maria ^a   Ion, Rodica Mariana ^a   Fierascui, Radu Claudiu ^a   Bacalum, Elena ^a   Bunaciu, Andrei A ^b   Aboul Enein, Hassan Y ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY AND PETROCHEMISTRY ICECHIM   (Romania)

^b CROMATEC PLUS SRL   (Romania)

^c Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Division   (Egypt)

^d UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Age determination; Energy dispersion X ray fluorescence (EDXTF); Fourier transform infrared (FTIR); Paper composition; Spectral analyses

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ENERGY DISPERSION X-RAY FLUORESCENCE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; PAPER COMPOSITION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

DISPERSIONS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PAPER; PHOTODEGRADATION; SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

FOURIER TRANSFORMS;

AGE; DEGRADATION; DISPERSIONS; FILLERS; FLUORESCENCE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; INFRARED SPECTRA; PAPER; PRESERVATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77649280400     PISSN: 10739149     EISSN: 15256030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10739140903430271     Document Type: Article

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