TY - GEN A1 - Berger, Achim A1 - Calligaro, T. A1 - Duval, A. A1 - Görner, Wolf A1 - Guerra, M.-F. A1 - Merchel, Silke A1 - Radtke, Martin A1 - Reiche, I. A1 - Riesemeier, Heinrich A1 - Roth, M. T1 - Study of Ag and Au based historical and archaeological objects by high energy Sy-XRF T2 - BESSY highlights - annual report 2003 KW - Synchrotron KW - XRF analysis KW - Drawings KW - Archaeometry KW - Gold KW - Röntgenfluoreszenzanalyse KW - RFA KW - Zeichnungen KW - Archäometrie KW - Albrecht Dürer KW - gold PY - 2004 UR - http://www.helmholtz-berlin.de/media/media/oea/web/pr_webseite/druckschriften/berichte/bessy/annualreport2003.pdf#page=544 SN - 0179-4159 SP - 544 EP - 546 PB - Berliner Elektronenspeicherring-Gesellschaft für Synchrotronstrahlung CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-3507 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Constantinescu, B. A1 - Bugoi, R. A1 - Cojocaru, V. A1 - Radtke, Martin A1 - Calligaro, T. A1 - Salomon, J. A1 - Pichon, L. A1 - Röhrs, S. A1 - Ceccato, D. A1 - Oberländer-Târnoveanu, E. T1 - Micro-SR-XRF and micro-PIXE studies for archaeological gold identification - The case of Carpathian (Transylvanian) gold and of Dacian bracelets JF - Nuclear instruments and methods in physics research B N2 - Trace-elements are more significant for provenancing archaeological metallic artifacts than the main components. For gold, the most promising elements are platinum group elements (PGE), Sn, Te, Sb, Hg and Pb. Several small fragments of natural Transylvanian gold – placer and primary – were studied by using micro-PIXE technique at the Legnaro National Laboratory AN2000 microbeam facility, Italy and at the AGLAE accelerator, C2RMF, Paris, France and by using micro synchrotron radiation X-ray fluorescence (micro-SR-XRF) at BESSY synchrotron, Berlin, Germany. The goal of the study was to identify the trace-elements, especially Sn, Sb and Te. A spectacular application to five Dacian gold bracelets authentication is presented (Sn and Sb traces). KW - Micro-PIXE KW - Micro-SR-XRF KW - Gold KW - Dacian bracelets KW - Transylvania PY - 2008 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2008.03.054 SN - 0168-583X SN - 1872-9584 VL - 266 IS - 10 SP - 2325 EP - 2328 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-17736 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Guerra, M. F. A1 - Calligaro, T. A1 - Radtke, Martin A1 - Reiche, I. A1 - Riesemeier, Heinrich T1 - Fingerprinting ancient gold by measuring Pt with spatially resolved high energy Sy-XRF JF - Nuclear instruments and methods in physics research B N2 - Trace elements of ancient gold such as Pt, give fundamental information on the circulation of the metal in the past. In the case of objects from the cultural heritage, the determination of trace elements requires non-destructive point analysis in general. These conditions and the need of good detection limits restrain the number of applicable analytical techniques. After the development of a PIXE set-up with a selective Cu or Zn filter of 75 µm and of a PIXE-XRF set-up using a primary target of As, we tested the possibilities of spatially resolved Sy-XRF to determine Pt in gold alloys. With a Zn filter, PIXE showed a detection limit of 1000 ppm in gold while PIXE-XRF lowers this detection limit down to 80 ppm. This last value being constrained by the resonant Raman effect produced on gold. In order to improve the detection limit of Pt keeping the non-destructiveness and access to point analysis, we developed an analytical protocol for XRF with synchrotron radiation at BESSY II, using the BAMline set-up. The L-lines of Pt were excited by a beam of energy above and below 11.564 keV and measured using a Si(Li) detector with a 50 µm Cu filter. A µ-beam of 100–250 µm2 was used according to the size of the sample. The determination of the Pt content in the samples was carried out by Monte-Carlo simulation and subtraction of Au and Pt spectra obtained on pure standards. The limit of detection for Pt of 20 ppm was determined by using certified standards. The detection limits of a small set of other characteristic elements of gold were also measured using an incident energy of 33 keV. KW - PIXE-XRF KW - Sy-XRF KW - Pt KW - Ancient gold KW - Fingerprinting PY - 2005 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2005.06.150 SN - 0168-583X SN - 1872-9584 VL - 240 IS - 1-2 SP - 505 EP - 511 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-14236 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Reiche, I. A1 - Castaing, J. A1 - Calligaro, T. A1 - Salomon, J. A1 - Aucouturier, M. A1 - Reinholz, Uwe A1 - Weise, Hans-Peter T1 - Analyses of hydrogen in quartz and in sapphire using depth profiling by ERDA at atmospheric pressure: Comparison with resonant NRA and SIMS JF - Nuclear instruments and methods in physics research B N2 - Hydrogen is present in anhydrous materials as a result of their synthesis and of their environment during conservation. IBA provides techniques to measure H concentration depth profiles allowing to identify various aspects of the materials including the history of objects such as gemstones used in cultural heritage. A newly established ERDA set-up, using an external microbeam of alpha particles, has been developed to study hydrated near-surface layers in quartz and sapphire by non-destructive H depth profiling in different atmospheres. The samples were also analysed using resonant NRA and SIMS. KW - Hydrogen KW - Gemstones KW - ERDA KW - External beam KW - Depth profiling PY - 2006 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2006.03.066 SN - 0168-583X SN - 1872-9584 VL - 249 IS - 1-2 SP - 608 EP - 611 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-12844 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Constantinescu, B. A1 - Bugoi, R. A1 - Cojocaru, V. A1 - Radtke, Martin A1 - Calligaro, T. A1 - Salomon, J. A1 - Pichon, L. A1 - Röhrs, S. A1 - Ceccato, D. A1 - Oberländer-Târnoveanu, E. A1 - Ionescu, C. A1 - Pop, D. T1 - Dacian bracelets and Transylvanian gold: ancient history and modern analyses JF - ArcheoSciences KW - SRXRF KW - Gold KW - Archaeometrie KW - Authentication KW - Provenance KW - XRF KW - Micro-PIXE KW - Micro SR-XRF KW - Or KW - Authentification KW - FX PY - 2009 SN - 0399-1237 VL - 33 SP - 221 EP - 225 PB - Groupe CY - Rennes AN - OPUS4-23172 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -