X-ray fluorescence as a tool for investigating archaeological finds

✍ Scribed by T. Čechák; M. Hložek; L. Musílek; T. Trojek

• Book ID: 103856578
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 361 KB
• Volume: 580
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0168-9002
• DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2007.05.133

✦ Synopsis

X-ray fluorescence analysis (XRFA) is an outstanding method for investigations of various objects of historic and cultural significance, as it is non-destructive, can be used without any sampling of the analysed artefacts and, if necessary, measurements can be carried out in situ. The laboratory at CTU FNSPE is equipped for XRFA with radionuclides 55 Fe, 238 Pu and 241 Am and with a small X-ray tube (30 kV) as excitation sources, and with Si(Li) and Si-PIN semiconductor spectrometers for detecting XRF spectra. This paper deals with XRFA of archaeological finds. Practical examples are selected from investigations of ceramic objects from excavations in the Czech Republic.