کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
7641455 1494868 2016 23 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Combining XRF and GRT for the analysis of ancient silver coins
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه شیمی شیمی آنالیزی یا شیمی تجزیه
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Combining XRF and GRT for the analysis of ancient silver coins
چکیده انگلیسی
Archaeological silver-copper alloys are usually affected by silver enrichment of the near surface layers, either intentional or fortuitous. In previous studies we have shown that surface composition of archaeological bronzes and leaded copper coins obtained by XRF can be corrected by means of gamma-ray transmission (GRT) to obtain the bulk composition. In the present work, we have studied the applicability of this method to silver-copper alloys and established the most suitable conditions for the GRT correction calculation. The analysis of the microstructure of the core and the corrosion layers of a set of silver roman coins shows that copper could be leached from the surface during corrosion and cleaning treatments, resulting in an apparent silver surface enrichment. After the correction calculations by GRT method, the concentrations of the major elements, Ag and Cu, were found to be in good agreement with the bulk composition obtained by direct analysis of the cut cross-sections of the coins. The GRT method shows to be a useful tool to study metal artefacts having a surface composition modified by corrosion or cleaning treatments.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Microchemical Journal - Volume 126, May 2016, Pages 149-154
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