Neutron imaging of archaeological bronzes at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory

K. Ryzewski; S. Herringer; H. Bilheux; L. Walker; B. Sheldon; S. Voisin; J. C. Bilheux; V. Finocchiaro

doi:10.1016/j.phpro.2013.03.041

Neutron imaging of archaeological bronzes at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory

K. Ryzewski, S. Herringer, H. Bilheux, L. Walker, B. Sheldon, S. Voisin, J. C. Bilheux, V. Finocchiaro

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Abstract

This article presents the initial results of 2-D and 3-D neutron imaging of bronze artifacts using the CG-1D prototype beamline at the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) located at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Neutron imaging is a non-destructive technique capable of producing unprecedented three-dimensional information on archaeomaterials, including qualitative, quantitative, and visual data on impurities, composition change, voids, and structure at macro-scale levels. The initial results presented in this publication highlight how information from neutron imaging can provide otherwise inaccessible details about the methods and materials that ancient craftspeople used in creating bronze objects.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	343-351
Number of pages	9
Journal	Physics Procedia
Volume	43
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2013.03.041
State	Published - 2013
Event	7th International Topical Meeting on Neutron Radiography, ITMNR 2012 - Kingston, ON, Canada Duration: Jun 16 2012 → Jun 24 2012

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Notice: This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC, under Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the U.S. Department of Energy. The United States Government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the United States Government retains a non-exclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, world-wide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for United States Government purposes. This research at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's High Flux Isotope Reactor was sponsored by the Scientific User Facilities Division, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, U. S. Department of Energy, which is managed by UT-Battelle, LLC. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DGE0228243. The Authors are thankful for collection loans from Susan E. Alcock, Director of the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, Brown University and editorial assistance from Emanuela Bocancea, Brown University.

Keywords

Archaeology
Archaeometry
Bronze
Cultural heritage
Neutron imaging
Neutron radiography
Neutron tomography

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