| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1685175 | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms | 2008 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
We report a preliminary characterization of a blue pigment because its color has been associated to objects found from Aztec and Precolumbian times. The pigment was examined before and after its purification by a variety of techniques: Particle Induced X-ray emission (PIXE), electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and scanning electron microscopy coupled to energy dispersion spectroscopy (SEM–EDS). The relationship of the chemical composition, the spectroscopic signals and the color are discussed.
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Authors
C. Solís, M.A. Mondragón, K. Isaac-Olivé, R. Gleason, C. Piña, M. Sánchez del Río, M. Rocha, F. López-Aguilar,