https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-01696-2
Regular Article
Historical glass mosaic tesserae: a multi-analytical approach for their characterization
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Dipartimento di Fisica “G. Occhialini”, Università Milano-Bicocca, and INFN, Piazza della Scienza 3, 20126, Milan, Italy
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ISIS, Neutron and Muon Source, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, OX11 0QX, Chilton-Didcot, UK
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Centre de Recherche Et de Restauration Des Musées de France, 14 quai François Mitterrand, 75001, Paris, France
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FR3506 NewAGLAE, Ministère de La Culture/Chimie ParisTech, 14 quai François Mitterrand, 75001, Paris, France
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Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali, Università Milano-Bicocca, via Cozzi 55, 20125, Milan, Italy
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Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e dell’Ambiente and Arvedi Laboratorio–sede di Pavia, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Via Ferrata 9, 27100, Pavia, Italy
Received:
14
April
2021
Accepted:
23
June
2021
Published online:
10
July
2021
We present a completely non-destructive approach to analyse a set of historical glass mosaic tesserae. Aim of the study is to obtain a qualitative and quantitative characterization of the glass matrix in terms of elements and mineralogical phases. Several non-destructive techniques have been applied like Particle-Induced X-ray Emission, Particle-Induced Gamma-ray Emission, micro-Raman spectroscopy, neutron resonance capture analysis and neutron activation analysis in order to combine different technique strengths and to explore the effect of different range sizes for the analysis. Yet, best practices require the use of combined analysis and different skills. The paradigm of a non-destructive multi-analytical approach is suggested for a comprehensive investigation in non-homogeneous real samples, like historical glass mosaic tesserae.
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