2018年5月1日
Development of a new portable X-ray powder diffractometer and its demonstration to on-site analysis of two selected old master paintings from the Rijksmuseum
Microchemical Journal
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- 巻
- 138
- 号
- 5
- 開始ページ
- 266
- 終了ページ
- 272
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.microc.2018.01.003
- 出版者・発行元
- Elsevier Inc.
A portable X-ray powder diffractometer (p-XRD) PT-APXRD III has been developed for on-site analysis of paintings and archaeological samples. By using a Cu anode X-ray tube and a silicon drift diode (SDD) detector, diffraction patterns with a high signal-noise (S/N) ratio can be recorded. The X-ray tube can be operated at a maximum voltage of 60 kV, which makes it possible to simultaneously record X-ray fluorescence spectra up to the high-energy region. The total weight of this instrument is 16 kg, which can be carried anywhere and the goniometer unit (5.6 kg) can be placed on a tripod for analysis of mural paintings. We brought the instrument to the Rijksmuseum in the Netherlands to examine its applicability for the analysis of oil paintings. We successfully analyzed two seventeenth-century oil paintings by Johannes Vermeer and Jan Davidsz de Heem (copy after). Ultramarine blue, lead-tin yellow type I, and Naples yellow were identified from the diffraction patterns, demonstrating the high practicality of this instrument. Furthermore, it was found from the SEM-EDX analysis of a paint cross section that the yellow pigment was applied in separate layers rather than being mixed. This diffractometer will be commercially available in the near future and will have many applications in the field of material analysis.
- ID情報
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- DOI : 10.1016/j.microc.2018.01.003
- ISSN : 0026-265X
- SCOPUS ID : 85044271779