Project

Mobile X-ray fluorescence spectrometer

Code
01B04908
Duration
01 January 2009 → 31 December 2010
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Humanities
    • Bioarchaeology
    • Methods in archaeology
    • Other history and archaeology not elsewhere classified
  • Natural sciences
    • Analytical spectrometry
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Spectrometry
Keywords
X-ray fluorescence (XRF) elemental analysis archaeometry
 
Project description

X-ray fluorescence analysis (XRF) is an analytical method for fast and non-destructive elemental analysis of an (archaeological) object. In this project, a mobile X-ray fluorescence spectrometer is achieved, allowing us to investigate archaeological objects, which is of use for different archaemoetrical applications (e.g. provenancing, determination of the production proces, materials identification)