'The role of nuclear micro-probes'

PAPER, PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION B, AuCORRE PROJECT

• Maria F. Guerra^a, Isabel Tissot^b. 2013.The role of nuclear micro-probes in the study of technology, provenance and corrosion of cultural heritage: the case of gold and silver items, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, Vol. 306, 1 July 2013, pp. 227-231, ISSN 0168-583X
  The role of nuclear micro-probes in the study of technology, provenance and corrosion of cultural heritage...
  
  ^{a Research and Restoration Centre of the Museums of France and UMR 8220 CNRS  b Archeofactu}

^{Abstract
This work gives an overview of the main questions raised by gold and silver items kept in museum collections and of the role of nuclear microprobes in their study and conservation. The different approached questions are illustrated by examples; analytical data is given and discussed; and the advantages of IBA are considered: spatial resolution, penetration depth, limits of detection, mapping, etc.}