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The use of XAS and related methods in cultural heritage investigations
Koen Janssens and Marine Cotte. International Tables for Crystallography (2023). Vol. I [ doi:10.1107/S1574870720004802 ]

Abstract

The literature on the use of X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) for the characterization of cultural heritage (CH) materials and to gain a deeper insight into the spontaneous degradation phenomena that they are subjected to is reviewed. In the CH context, XAS is mostly employed in combination with related methods such as X-ray fluorescence and X-ray diffraction, which are capable of providing information on the elemental and/or crystalline composition of a material. Since CH materials are usually composed of multiple compounds, often mixed together in a strongly heterogeneous manner, it is mostly the laterally resolved variants of the abovementioned methods that find application in CH studies. To conclude, several methodological developments are outlined that may become relevant for the characterization of CH artefacts and materials in the near future.


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International Tables for Crystallography is the definitive resource and reference work for crystallography. The multi-volume series comprises articles and tables of data relevant to crystallographic research and to applications of crystallographic methods in all sciences concerned with the structure and properties of materials.