Non-invasive chemical and phase analysis of Roman bronze artefacts from Thamusida (Morocco)

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2246-2251

  Gliozzo, Elisabetta ^a   Arletti, Rossella ^b   Cartechini, Laura ^c   Imberti, Silvia ^d   Kockelmann, Winfried A ^d   Memmi, Isabella ^a   Rinaldi, Romano ^c   Tykot, Robert H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^d RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Portable XRF; Roman bronze; ToF ND

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE; FINISHED MATERIALS; MIXED-TECHNOLOGY; NON DESTRUCTIVE; NON-INVASIVE; PHASE ANALYSIS; PORTABLE XRF; RECYCLED MATERIALS; ROMAN BRONZE; TIME OF FLIGHT; TOF-ND; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ARSENIC; BRONZE; TIN; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; ZINC;

X RAY SPECTROMETERS;

ALLOY; ARSENIC; COPPER; ZINC;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; MOROCCO; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PHASE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; TIME OF FLIGHT NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 77956409295     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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