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PIXE analysis of Middle European 18th and 19th century glass seals
Author(s) -
Simon Alíz,
Matiskainen Heikki,
Uzonyi Imre,
Csedreki László,
Szikszai Zita,
Kertész Zsófia,
Räisänen Jyrki,
Kiss Árpád Z.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
x‐ray spectrometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.447
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1097-4539
pISSN - 0049-8246
DOI - 10.1002/xrs.1328
Subject(s) - elemental analysis , trace (psycholinguistics) , mineralogy , raw material , materials science , analytical chemistry (journal) , archaeology , chemistry , environmental chemistry , history , inorganic chemistry , linguistics , philosophy , organic chemistry
Particle‐induced X‐ray emission method was applied for the determination of light and heavy elemental composition of archaeological glass seals. Quantitative information on the major, minor and trace elements and their correlations in respect of the raw materials which were used for the glass manufacturing are discussed. Although the differences of the elemental concentrations between the seals originating from different glassworks were small, discriminant analysis enabled the separation of glassworks to an extent which makes future provenance studies feasible. The need of supplementary use of energy dispersive X‐ray fluorescence and proton‐induced gamma‐ray emission for the glass samples was also investigated. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.