Combined micro-XRF/XRD is a non-destructive analytical technique providing information on the elemental composition and crystalline structure of great variety of crystalline materials with spatial resolution in the micrometer range, and hence, allowing for a better and more complete characterization of any given crystalline sample
Fields of application
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Cultural heritage
archaeological object and site, architecture, art, decorative arts, demo anthropologic object, film, manuscript, mosaics, musical instrument, other, painting, photo, sculpture, textile
Materials
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inorganic
glass, stone, metal and metallurgical By-Products, ceramic (clay, mud brick, terracotta, earthenware, stoneware, porcelain), pigment
TOOLS
The instrument is a custom-made set up that allows simultaneous X ray fluorescence and X-ray powder diffraction, point analyses and as 2D mappings (maximum area is 15 x 15 cm2, the spatial resolution is about 150 µm (can be reduced by the use of pinholes)). The instrument is equipped with a microfocus X-ray tube with...