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From Raphael (La Deposizione) to Raphael (La Fornarina): a Circumnavigation Accompanying the Evolution of Energy-Dispersive XRF Devices
This paper describes history and technical evolution of portable devices which use energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF)-analysis to study...
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Three Persian Qajar paintings from the National Gallery Sofia. Study of the technology and the composition materials for the purpose of dating and conservation evaluation
Three Persian oil paintings on canvas from the collection of the National Gallery, Sofia, representing a Musician playing Daf, Musician playing...
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Nuclear Analytical Techniques and Methods
The nuclear analytical technique is a modern analytical technique consisting of various methods based on particle-matter interaction, nuclear...
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Diagnosis of Museum Environment and Collections
This chapter describes the diagnosis of the condition of cultural objects and the environment surrounding them. Section 2.1 focuses on the...
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Using Synchrotron Radiation for Characterization of Cultural Heritage Materials
The literature on the use of synchrotron radiation-based methods, such as X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF), X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS),...
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In situ investigation by X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy on Pian di Civita Etruscan lituus from the “monumental complex” of Tarquinia, Italy
The aim of this paper is to report on the investigation of the lituus , an Etruscan musical instrument from the “monumental complex” of Pian di Civita...
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Using Synchrotron Radiation for Characterization of Cultural Heritage Materials
The literature on the use of synchrotron radiation-based methods, such as X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF), X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS),...
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Electron microscopy methods in studies of cultural heritage sites
The history of the development and application of scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and energy-dispersive...
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Cultural Heritage Applications of LIBS
A versatile spectrochemical technique enabling nearly instant, multi-element analysis of materials, LIBS is increasingly employed in studies of...
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Special Requirements for μ-XRF
This chapter starts with a short overview for the development of instrumentation for position sensitive X-ray analysis. Then the different...
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Applications
Because μ-XRF is still a relatively new method, continuously new applications are developed. The method is already used for a wide range of different...
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Portable energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence equipment for the analysis of cultural heritage
Energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) especially in its portable version, generally characterized by a small X-ray tube and a Si-PIN or...
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Feasibility study of the application of micro-Raman imaging as complement to micro-XRF imaging
X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy and Raman spectroscopy are preferential analytical techniques to study cultural heritage objects, since both...
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Laser studies of metallic artworks
Museum curators and archaeologists use analytical science to provide important information on artworks and objects. For example, scientific...
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Lasers in Cultural Heritage: The Non-Contact Intervention
Conservation and protection of works of art as well as of rare remnants of natural history has turned more and more into a race against time....
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Comparison of matrix effects on portable and stationary XRF spectrometers for cultural heritage samples
In this work, we compare the matrix effects for two different X-ray fluorescence spectrometers, a portable and a stationary one, in order to evaluate...
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Chronology
This table covers all kinds of high-rate phenomena, such as percussion, blast, shock waves, explosions, implosions and impact as well as milestones...
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Applications of plasma and fusion research
Plasma and other technologies developed in part by fusion energy research programs are being used in a wide variety of commerical and other...