Time-of-Flight Neutron Diffraction (TOF-ND) Analyses of the Composition and Minting of Ancient Judaean “Biblical” Coins
TOF-ND elastic scattering of thermal neutrons offers some important advantages over X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray fluorescence (XRF), and metallography for the study of archaeological and numismatic problems. Traditional analytical methods are usually destructive and often probe only the surface. N...
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| author | Stephen E. Nagler Alexandru D. Stoica Grigoreta M. Stoica Ke An Harley D. Skorpenske Orlando Rios David B. Hendin Nathan W. Bower |
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| description | TOF-ND elastic scattering of thermal neutrons offers some important advantages over X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray fluorescence (XRF), and metallography for the study of archaeological and numismatic problems. Traditional analytical methods are usually destructive and often probe only the surface. Neutrons deeply penetrate samples, simultaneously giving nondestructive bulk information about the crystal structure, composition, and texture (alignment of crystallites) from which thermomechanical manufacturing processes (e.g., cast, struck, or rolled) may be inferred. An analysis of the metal composition and minting processes used for making ancient Judaean bronze and leaded bronze coins from first century BCE and CE is used as a case study. One of the first ND analyses of the temperature used for striking bronze coins is also presented. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0ea08e3fcdcb4a0e883310ca13f41cb32025-02-03T06:08:10ZengWileyJournal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry2090-88652090-88732019-01-01201910.1155/2019/61640586164058Time-of-Flight Neutron Diffraction (TOF-ND) Analyses of the Composition and Minting of Ancient Judaean “Biblical” CoinsStephen E. Nagler0Alexandru D. Stoica1Grigoreta M. Stoica2Ke An3Harley D. Skorpenske4Orlando Rios5David B. Hendin6Nathan W. Bower7Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USANeutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USANeutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USANeutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USANeutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USAMaterials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USAAmerican Numismatic Society, New York, NY 10013, USAChemistry and Biochemistry, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, USATOF-ND elastic scattering of thermal neutrons offers some important advantages over X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray fluorescence (XRF), and metallography for the study of archaeological and numismatic problems. Traditional analytical methods are usually destructive and often probe only the surface. Neutrons deeply penetrate samples, simultaneously giving nondestructive bulk information about the crystal structure, composition, and texture (alignment of crystallites) from which thermomechanical manufacturing processes (e.g., cast, struck, or rolled) may be inferred. An analysis of the metal composition and minting processes used for making ancient Judaean bronze and leaded bronze coins from first century BCE and CE is used as a case study. One of the first ND analyses of the temperature used for striking bronze coins is also presented.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/6164058 |
| spellingShingle | Stephen E. Nagler Alexandru D. Stoica Grigoreta M. Stoica Ke An Harley D. Skorpenske Orlando Rios David B. Hendin Nathan W. Bower Time-of-Flight Neutron Diffraction (TOF-ND) Analyses of the Composition and Minting of Ancient Judaean “Biblical” Coins Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry |
| title | Time-of-Flight Neutron Diffraction (TOF-ND) Analyses of the Composition and Minting of Ancient Judaean “Biblical” Coins |
| title_full | Time-of-Flight Neutron Diffraction (TOF-ND) Analyses of the Composition and Minting of Ancient Judaean “Biblical” Coins |
| title_fullStr | Time-of-Flight Neutron Diffraction (TOF-ND) Analyses of the Composition and Minting of Ancient Judaean “Biblical” Coins |
| title_full_unstemmed | Time-of-Flight Neutron Diffraction (TOF-ND) Analyses of the Composition and Minting of Ancient Judaean “Biblical” Coins |
| title_short | Time-of-Flight Neutron Diffraction (TOF-ND) Analyses of the Composition and Minting of Ancient Judaean “Biblical” Coins |
| title_sort | time of flight neutron diffraction tof nd analyses of the composition and minting of ancient judaean biblical coins |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/6164058 |
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