TY - JOUR
T1 - The Role of PIXE and XRF in Heritage Science
T2 - The INFN-CHNet LABEC Experience
AU - Sottili, Leandro
AU - Giuntini, Lorenzo
AU - Mazzinghi, Anna
AU - Massi, Mirko
AU - Carraresi, Luca
AU - Castelli, Lisa
AU - Czelusniak, Caroline
AU - Giambi, Francesca
AU - Mandò, Pier Andrea
AU - Manetti, Marco
AU - Ruberto, Chiara
AU - Guidorzi, Laura
AU - Re, Alessandro
AU - Lo Giudice, Alessandro
AU - Torres, Rodrigo
AU - Arneodo, Francesco
AU - Mangani, Simi Maria Emilia
AU - Calusi, Silvia
AU - Taccetti, Francesco
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022/7/1
Y1 - 2022/7/1
N2 - Analytical techniques play a fundamental role in heritage science. Among them, Particle Induced X-ray Emission (PIXE) and X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) techniques are widely used in many laboratories for elemental composition analysis. Although they are well-established, a strong effort is put on their upgrade, making them suitable for more and more applications. Over the years, at the INFN-LABEC (the laboratory of nuclear techniques for the environment and cultural heritage of the Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics), the INFN-CHNet group, the network devoted to cultural heritage, has carried out many technological improvements to the PIXE and XRF setups for the analysis of works of art and archaeological finds. Among the many, we recall here the scanning external microbeam facility at the TANDEM accelerator and the MA-XRF scanner. The two instruments have shown complementary features: the former permits quantitative analysis of elements heavier than sodium, which is not possible with the latter in most of the case studies. On the contrary, the scanner has the undeniable advantage of portability, allowing it to work in situ. In this framework of technological developments in heritage science, INFN, CERN, and OPD are jointly carrying on the MACHINA (Movable Accelerator for Cultural Heritage In-situ Non-destructive Analysis) project for on-site Ion Beam Analysis (IBA) studies on cultural heritage.
AB - Analytical techniques play a fundamental role in heritage science. Among them, Particle Induced X-ray Emission (PIXE) and X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) techniques are widely used in many laboratories for elemental composition analysis. Although they are well-established, a strong effort is put on their upgrade, making them suitable for more and more applications. Over the years, at the INFN-LABEC (the laboratory of nuclear techniques for the environment and cultural heritage of the Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics), the INFN-CHNet group, the network devoted to cultural heritage, has carried out many technological improvements to the PIXE and XRF setups for the analysis of works of art and archaeological finds. Among the many, we recall here the scanning external microbeam facility at the TANDEM accelerator and the MA-XRF scanner. The two instruments have shown complementary features: the former permits quantitative analysis of elements heavier than sodium, which is not possible with the latter in most of the case studies. On the contrary, the scanner has the undeniable advantage of portability, allowing it to work in situ. In this framework of technological developments in heritage science, INFN, CERN, and OPD are jointly carrying on the MACHINA (Movable Accelerator for Cultural Heritage In-situ Non-destructive Analysis) project for on-site Ion Beam Analysis (IBA) studies on cultural heritage.
KW - IBA
KW - MA-XRF
KW - PIXE
KW - heritage science
KW - material analysis
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U2 - 10.3390/app12136585
DO - 10.3390/app12136585
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85133602745
SN - 2076-3417
VL - 12
JO - Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
JF - Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
IS - 13
M1 - 6585
ER -