Optical Coherence Tomography for the non-invasive investigation of the microstructure of ancient Egyptian faience

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3683-3690

  Liang, Haida ^a   Sax, Margaret ^b   Saunders, David ^b   Tite, Mike ^c  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH MUSEUM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Egyptian faience; Glaze; Microstructure; Non invasive imaging; Optical Coherence Tomography; SEM

Indexed keywords

IMAGING METHOD; MICROSTRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84865015287     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

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