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Prompt gamma-ray analysis of archaeological bronze

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Prompt γ-ray analysis using the internal monostandard method was applied to voluminous archaeological bronze mirrors produced in ancient China. Sn/Cu content ratios were determined nondestructively by this method. Furthermore, Au/Cu, As/Cu, and Sb/Cu content ratios were determined by means of measuring decay γ-rays emitted from radioactive nuclides produced within samples via (n,γ) reactions. It is clear that the Sn/Cu content ratios in bronze mirrors produced in the Sung era is smaller than in ones produced in between the Han and the Tung era.

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  1. Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minami-Ohsawa, 192-03, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, Japan

    Y. Oura, A. Saito, K. Sueki & H. Nakahara

  2. Faculty of Literature, Keio University, 2-15-45 Mita, Minato-ku, 108, Tokyo, Japan

    T. Tomizawa

  3. Cultural Property Preservation Division, Osaka Prefecture The Board of Education, Ohtemae, Cyuo-ku, 540, Osaka, Japan

    T. Nishikawa

  4. Depertment of Chemistry and Fuel, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, 319-11, Tokai-mura, Ibaraki, Japan

    C. Yonezawa & H. Matsue

  5. Research Center for Nuclear Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 319-11, Tokai-mura, Ibaraki, Japan

    H. Sawahata

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Oura, Y., Saito, A., Sueki, K. et al. Prompt gamma-ray analysis of archaeological bronze. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 239, 581–585 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02349073

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