Application of a Portable XRF Spectrometer for In-Situ and Nondestructive Investigation of Pigments in Two 15th Century Icons - Open Journal of Applied Sciences

OJAppS > Vol.10 No.6, June 2020

Volume 10, Issue 6 (June 2020)

ISSN Print: 2165-3917 ISSN Online: 2165-3925

Application of a Portable XRF Spectrometer for In-Situ and Nondestructive Investigation of Pigments in Two 15th Century Icons ()

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DOI: 10.4236/ojapps.2020.106023 547 Downloads 1,590 Views Citations

Author(s)

Eglantina Merkaj¹, Nikolla Civici²

Affiliation(s)

¹Engineering Department, Albanian University, Tirana, Albania.
²Metropolitan University of Tirana, Tirana, Albania.

ABSTRACT

A simple portable X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) spectrometer was successfully used for in-situ and nondestructive identification of the painting materials in two 15^th century icons from the Onufri Museum in Beart, Albania. The spectrometer is based on a low power X-ray tube, a thermoelectrically cooled Si PIN detector and the spectrum acquisition system. It was assembled and adjusted at our laboratory for the investigation of the icons. A small number of pigments were clearly identified by X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) measurements in both icons. This includes Lead white for the white color, gold and yellow ochre for the yellow color, red lead, cinnabar and red ochre for the red color, as well as cooper based pigments for the green color. At the same time, the investigation raised some new questions that need further investigations by the use of additional analytical techniques. The results show that in both icons are used similar pigments, which are in accordance with the Byzantine icon painting tradition.

KEYWORDS

Portable X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) Spectrometer, Pigment Analysis, Icons, Albanian Icons, Berat, Albania

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Merkaj, E. and Civici, N. (2020) Application of a Portable XRF Spectrometer for In-Situ and Nondestructive Investigation of Pigments in Two 15th Century Icons. Open Journal of Applied Sciences, 10, 305-317. doi: 10.4236/ojapps.2020.106023.

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