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Investigation of Obsidian by Radioisotope X-Ray Fluorescence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

Stephen B. Robie  and
Ivor L. Preiss
Stephen B. Robie
Affiliation:
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Department of Chemistry, Troy, N.Y. 12181
Ivor L. Preiss
Affiliation:
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Department of Chemistry, Troy, N.Y. 12181
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The classification of obsidian artifacts has been receiving considerable attend of changes in obsidian trace element composition can now be identify ancient trade routes. The classification of this glassy volcanic material has been attempted using a variety of elemental analysis technique. The most successful and most widely employed method of non-destructive analysis has been that which employs X-ray fluorescence analysis (XRF); either wavelength dispersive (WDS), or energy dispersive (EDS).

Type
VIII. Applications of XRF to Archeological, Geochemical and Industrial Materials
Information
Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 27: Thirty-Second Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, August 1-5, 1983 , 1983 , pp. 459 - 466
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Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1983

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