TY - JOUR A1 - Habel, Wolfgang A1 - Baumann, I. A1 - Berghmans, F. A1 - Borzycki, K. A1 - Chojetzki, C. A1 - Haase, K.-H. A1 - Jaroszewicz, L.R. A1 - Kleckers, T. A1 - Niklès, M. A1 - Rothhardt, M. A1 - Schlüter, Vivien A1 - Thévenaz, L. A1 - Tur, M. A1 - Wuilpart, M. T1 - Guidelines for the characterization and use of fibre optic sensors - Basic definitions & a proposed standard for FBG-based strain sensors N2 - This paper describes the outcome of two groups which are involved in the specification of guidelines for fibre optic sensors performance and testing. The "Guideline for use of fibre optic sensors" from the COST-299 guideline group, and the "Optical Strain Sensor based on Fibre Bragg Grating" from the GESA guideline group of the VDI - "The Association of German Engineers". Through appropriate specifications and definitions, both guidelines aim at enabling better understanding of fibre optic sensors characteristics and performances. A concise view into the structure of the guidelines is presented, emphasizing important aspects. The English version of the two guidelines will be available in autumn 2009. KW - Guideline KW - Standards KW - Fibre optic sensor KW - Strain sensor KW - Fibre Bragg grating KW - Distributed sensor PY - 2009 DO - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.835362 SN - 0038-7355 SN - 0361-0748 SN - 0277-786X VL - 7503 SP - 75035E-1 - 75035E-4 PB - SPIE, The International Society for Optical Engineering CY - Billingham, Wash. AN - OPUS4-20110 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Margreiter, R. A1 - Baumann, J. A1 - Mantouvalou, I. A1 - Radtke, Martin A1 - Reinholz, Uwe A1 - Strub, E. T1 - Investigations on fire-gilding N2 - Fire-gilding is a historic technique for the application of golden layers on a number of different base materials utilizing a gold amalgam. This technique leaves a significant amount of Hg in the golden layer, giving archeometrists a reliable indicator to identify firegildings. Recent findings on presumably fire-gilded objects have shown in several cases significantly lower Hg content than previously studied objects. This prompted a synchrotron-based X-ray fluorescence investigation into the Hg distribution along the material–gilding interface, as well as a series of measurements regarding the Hg content development in fire-gilded samples during artificial aging. This work presents findings on laboratory-prepared fire-gildings, indicating an Hg enrichment at the interface of firegilded silver samples. Notably, such an enrichment is missing in fire-gilded copper samples. Further, it is confirmed that fire-gilded layers typically do not undercut an Hg bulk content of 5%. In this light, it seems improbable that ancient samples that contain <5% Hg are fire-gilded. The results presented in this study might lead to a non-destructive method to identify the Hg enrichment at the interface. This might be obtained by a combination of different non-destructive measurements and might also work unambiguously in samples in which the gold top layer is altered. KW - BAMline KW - X-Ray Fluorescence KW - Gilding KW - Depth profile KW - Archaeometry PY - 2022 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-552885 DO - https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.12797 SN - 0003-813X SP - 1 EP - 14 PB - Wiley online library AN - OPUS4-55288 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -