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ANALYSIS OF COPPER‐BASED METALLIC ARTIFACTS BY PROMPT GAMMA‐RAY NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS
Author(s) -
GLASCOCK M. D.,
SPALDING T. G.,
BIERS J. C.,
CORNMAN M. F.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
archaeometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.716
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1475-4754
pISSN - 0003-813X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4754.1984.tb00322.x
Subject(s) - neutron activation analysis , copper , tin , materials science , neutron activation , neutron , radiochemistry , metal , metallurgy , chemistry , physics , nuclear physics
Non‐destructive analysis of the major elements in copper‐alloyed artifacts by prompt gamma neutron activation analysis is reported. Copper, zinc, tin and lead were measured in several ancient Roman, Greek and Iranian objects. Good agreement was found in comparison with analysis of similar objects by destructive methods.