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Frontispiece: X‐ray Diffraction Mapping for Cultural Heritage Science: a Review of Experimental Configurations and Applications
Author(s) -
Gonzalez Victor,
Cotte Marine,
Vanmeert Frederik,
Nolf Wout,
Janssens Koen
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.202080861
Subject(s) - microscale chemistry , cultural heritage , diffraction , crystallite , macro , orientation (vector space) , materials science , chemical composition , distribution (mathematics) , x ray crystallography , optics , mineralogy , geography , computer science , crystallography , chemistry , geometry , physics , mathematics , archaeology , mathematics education , programming language , mathematical analysis , organic chemistry
X‐ray diffraction mapping shows very promising result for the investigation of artistic materials. The technique consists in acquiring XRD patterns at each pixel of a two‐dimensional area being either at the macro‐ or at the microscale. Different types of information can then be extracted from individually collected XRD patterns and employed to compose distribution maps of these properties: chemical composition, depth distribution, crystallite size and preferred orientation. This chemical information shines new light on cultural heritage. For more details see the Review by V. Gonzalez et al. on page 1703 ff.