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NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
Volume 619, Issue 1-3, Pages 475-478Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2009.11.006
Keywords
XRF; SEM-EDS; Raman; X-ray tomography; HMAS Sydney II
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The 1941 sinking of the HMAS Sydney II in action with the German raider KSN Komoran off the coast of Western Australia has been a source of mystery and speculation for more than 60 years. HMAS Sydney II was lost with all hands. The largest item of flotsam found in the vicinity was a Carley float, which was riddled with holes some of which contained small metallic items. The float was subjected to various physical and elemental examination methods in 1992 in an attempt to determine what may have happened. Three months after sinking, the unidentified body of a man washed ashore at Christmas Island in another Carley float. Relics found in his unmarked grave in 2006 included several degraded and corroded press-studs, some containing fragments of fabric. A metal fragment was recovered from the man's skull. XRF, SEM-EDS, Raman and FTIR spectroscopy, and X-ray tomography analysis of these items was conducted in an attempt to determine what link the sailor may have to the HMAS Sydney II. Crown Copyright (C) 2009 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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