Published April 1995
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Journal article
Analysis of an ancient bronze statue by external beam pixe
- 1. Korea Inst. of Geology, Mining and Materials, Taejon (Korea, Republic of)
Description
A quantitative analysis of an ancient Buddha statue was performed by external beam Proton Induced X-ray Emission for the purpose of identifying its originality. It is shown how the PIXE method can be applied for archeological study. The elemental composition of the statue is compared with that of several samples with definite ages. The experiment was performed by extracting 2.4 MeV proton beam through a 2 mm diameter collimator and 7.6 μm kapton foil to the He atmosphere. X-rays were measured by a Si(Li) detector. The analysed elements were Fe, Cu, Ag, Au and Hg for gold coating and Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Ag, Sn, Au, Pb and Bi for bronze body. (author) 11 refs.; 4 figs.; 2 tabs
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
- Journal Volume
- 192
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 147-154.
- ISSN
- 0236-5731
- CODEN
- JRNCDM
Conference
- Title
- 3. International conference on methods and applications of radioanalytical chemistry. Pt.1.
- Acronym
- MARC-III
- Dates
- 10-16 Apr 1994.
- Place
- Kailua-Kona, HI (United States).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Hungary
- Country of Input or Organization
- Hungary
- INIS RN
- 26065394
- Subject category
- S37: INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL SPECIMENS; BRONZE; CULTURAL OBJECTS; IRRADIATION PROCEDURES; MULTI-ELEMENT ANALYSIS; PIXE ANALYSIS; X-RAY SPECTRA
- Descriptors DEC
- ALLOYS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COPPER ALLOYS; COPPER BASE ALLOYS; NONDESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS; SPECTRA; TIN ALLOYS; TRANSITION ELEMENT ALLOYS; X-RAY EMISSION ANALYSIS