Depth Profiling of Paint Layers with a Conventional Handheld X-ray Fluorescence Analyser

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Depth Profiling of Paint Layers with a Conventional Handheld X-ray Fluorescence Analyser

Original language description

Handheld X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysers are nowadays very common tools in the research of cultural heritage objects in which non-destructive analysis is demanded. XRF analysis is then simple to perform and the data evaluation is managed by provided software. The prices of portable devices are usually also reachable. In our contribution we focused on the advanced evaluation of data obtained from the measurement performed with a conventional handheld XRF device (NITON XL3t GOLDD+). The investigated samples consisted of at least 2 different paint layers and our aim was to get approximate information on elements present in particular paint layers. We used the technique that is known as the Kα/Kβ technique and it is based on an evaluation of intensities of two X-ray lines of an element of interest. So it can be used with any conventional XRF measurement. We present calibration method and its application to the samples with different composition. We evaluate the effects of the analyte and matrix composition to the possible application and results uncertainty. Such calibration procedure of the XRF spectrometer includes measurements of standards of several elements from thin to thick layer. The homogeneous standards were covered by a set of materials with different atomic number (Z) and known thicknesses. The measured standards, as well as covering materials, were chosen with the respect to the application in historical paintings survey. It means, the elements present in measured standards are often found in pigments. After the calibration of the XRF device, the samples consisting of paint layers of different composition were analysed and the inorganic pigments were identified in individual layers. Also we estimate the influence of the portable device, which are less mechanically stable than laboratory devices. This research is linked to the past work with Kα/Kβ technique on laboratory XRF devices [1], so the comparison is also included.

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Type

O - Miscellaneous

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10304 - Nuclear physics

Project

<a href="/en/project/DF13P01OVV010" target="_blank" >DF13P01OVV010: Historical technologies and modern methods of research. The interpretative possibilities of the specialized methods of the research of the medieval artworks using the innovative technologies.</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů