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Application of Neutrons in Archaeology
 

Not only the origin of cerammics and metal objects can be studied with neutrons

With the help of neutron activation und the chemical composition of objects can be determined very exactly. This in turn tells the archaeologist for example where they clay came from which a ceramic object was made from. The crystal structure and texture of metals objects yields information about the manifacturing method. For this, time of flight methods are used (see Neutron diffraction study of metal artefacts).

More on the topic:
Genuine or fake? Neutron diffraction for non-destructive testing of museum objects

W Kockelmann, A Kirfel (Universität Bonn, Germany), R Linke, M Schreiner (Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien, Austria), R Traum (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Austria), E Pantos (Daresbury Laboratory), R Garner and A J N W Prag (University of Manchester)

Read more in "ISIS 2003 Science Highlights"


Neutron and synchrotron radiation studies of archaeological objects

W. Kockelmanna, E. Pantos and A. Kirfel

Radiation in Art and Archaeometry (2000)
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Quantitative multiphase analysis of archaeological bronzes by neutron diffraction

S. Siano, W. Kockelmann, U. Bafile, M. Celli, M. Iozzo, M. Miccio, O. Moze, R. Pini, R. Salimbeni, M. Zoppi

Appl. Phys. A 74 [Suppl.], S1139–S1142 (2002)

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