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Combined micro-XRF/XRD

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

  • Cultural heritage

    archaeological object and site, architecture, art, decorative arts, demo anthropologic object, film, manuscript, mosaics, musical instrument, other, painting, photo, sculpture, textile

Materials

  • inorganic

    glass, stone, metal and metallurgical By-Products, ceramic (clay, mud brick, terracotta, earthenware, stoneware, porcelain), pigment

TOOLS

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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...