Materials Research on Archaeological Objects Using PIXE and Other Non-Invasive Techniques

• Authors: E. Miśta , A. Stonert , A. Korman , J. Milczarek , I. Fijał-Kirejczyk , P. Kalbarczyk , A. Wiśniewska
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

An interdisciplinary study of metallic objects from selected archaeological sites in Poland was performed. The aim of the project was to obtain information about the chemical composition and structural changes of the objects. Furthermore, the research results provided information about the technological process which was used to manufacture the artifacts. The materials research had a non- and micro-invasive character which is very important in this type of investigation. The main experimental tools were particle-induced X-ray emission supplemented with nuclear reaction thermal neutron (white beam) radiography, scanning electron microscopy with X-ray energy dispersive analysis, and laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry techniques. The results show that the artifacts were made by a secondary smelting process used in local metallurgy manufactures.

Keywords

EN

81.05.Bx; 82.80.Ej; 82.80.Dx; 82.80.Ms; 82.80.Pv

Discipline

• 82.80.Dx: Analytical methods involving electronic spectroscopy
• 82.80.Ms: Mass spectrometry (including SIMS, multiphoton ionization and resonance ionization mass spectrometry, MALDI)
• 82.80.Ej: X-ray, Mössbauer, and other γ-ray spectroscopic analysis methods
• 81.05.Bx: Metals, semimetals, and alloys
• 82.80.Pv: Electron spectroscopy (X-ray photoelectron (XPS), Auger electron spectroscopy (AES), etc.)

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 128
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 815-817

Dates

published

2015-11

Contributors

author

E. Miśta

• National Centre for Nuclear Research, A. Sołtana 7, 05-400 Otwock-Świerk, Poland

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A. Stonert

• National Centre for Nuclear Research, A. Sołtana 7, 05-400 Otwock-Świerk, Poland

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A. Korman

• National Centre for Nuclear Research, A. Sołtana 7, 05-400 Otwock-Świerk, Poland

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J. Milczarek

• National Centre for Nuclear Research, A. Sołtana 7, 05-400 Otwock-Świerk, Poland

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I. Fijał-Kirejczyk

• National Centre for Nuclear Research, A. Sołtana 7, 05-400 Otwock-Świerk, Poland

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P. Kalbarczyk

• Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, Warsaw, Poland

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A. Wiśniewska

• Antiquity of Southeastern Europe Research Centre, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.128.815