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X-RAY SPECTROMETRY
Volume 50, Issue 4, Pages 293-309Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/xrs.3185
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- Belgian Federal Science Policy Office [BR/175/A3/FENESTRA]
- Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek [12X1919N]
- Baillet-Latour Fund
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This study critically compared the performance of four non-invasive techniques for in situ characterization of leaded glass windows, with MA-XRF providing the most detailed chemical information among the tested techniques. The aim was to assess the ability of these techniques to classify and group the colorless glass panes based on differences in composition.
This paper critically compares the performance of four non-invasive techniques that match the accuracy, flexibility, time-efficiency, and transportability required for in situ characterization of leaded glass windows: macroscopic X-ray fluorescence imaging (MA-XRF), UV-Vis-NIR, Raman spectroscopy, and infrared thermography (IRT). In order to compare the techniques on equal grounds, all techniques were tested independently of each other by separate research groups on the same historical leaded window tentatively dated to the 17th century, without prior knowledge. The aim was to assess the ability of these techniques to document the conservation history of the window by classifying and grouping the colorless glass panes, based on differences in composition. IRT, MA-XRF and UV-Vis-NIR spectroscopy positively distinguished at least two glass groups, with MA-XRF providing the most detailed chemical information. In particular, based on the ratio between the network modifier (K) and network stabilizer (Ca) and on the level of colorants and decolorizers (Fe, Mn, As), the number of plausible glass families could be strongly reduced. In addition, UV-Vis-NIR detected cobalt at ppm level and gave more specific information on the chromophore Fe2+/Fe(3+)ratio. Raman spectroscopy was hampered by fluorescence caused by the metal ions of the decolorizer in most of the panes, but nevertheless identified one group as HLLA.
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