Open AccessMobile Micro-X-ray Fluorescence Analysis (XRF) on Medieval Paintings
Author(s) -
Christoph Herm
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
chimia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.387
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 2673-2424
pISSN - 0009-4293
DOI - 10.2533/chimia.2008.887
Subject(s) - painting , x ray fluorescence , elemental analysis , fluorescence , object (grammar) , art , archaeology , computer science , art history , chemistry , physics , optics , history , artificial intelligence , inorganic chemistry
X-ray fluorescence has long been applied to objects of art and archaeology for non-destructive elemental analysis. When the object under investigation is either too big or too fragile to be moved a mobile instrument is needed which can be brought on site. A short overview of the development of techniques and applications shall be given in the paper. Then three case studies are reported in which ArtTax/Artax spectrographs were applied for the analysis of medieval paintings. Experimental issues are discussed with respect to the application to paintings as well.