Trace Analysis of Ancient Gold Objects Using Radiochemical Neutron Activation

1999/08/19 by Agata Olariu, Mioara Constantinescu, O. Constantinescu +4
Physics and Astronomy · #nucl-ex

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published as J. Rad. Nucl. Chem. 240 (1999) 261-267 · Latex manuscript, 16 pages, 3 eps figures

arxiv created 1999/08/19 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

Radiochemical neutron activation analysis has been applied to investigate the microelements in gold samples with archaeological importance. Chemical separation has allowed the determination of traces of Ir, Os, Sb, Zn, Co, Fe, Ni. Instrumental neutron activation analysis has been used for the determination of Cu.

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