A study of matrix effects of pigments in paints using micro-XRD
This study conducted by Dr. Petronella Nel and Deborah Lau at CSIRO Division of Materials Science and Engineering, explored the use of micro-X-ray diffraction (XRD) for the identification of pigments. The particular focus of this study was to study the matrix effects of pigments with high absorption coefficients on the detection limits of pigments with low absorption coefficients.
Publications:
- Nel, P., Lau, D., Hay, D. and Wright, N., 2006. “Micro X-ray Diffraction analysis of painted artefacts: a study of pigment matrix effects” in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, Vol. 251, p. 489-495
- Nel, P., Lau, D., Hay, D., and Wright, N., 2007. “Micro X-ray Diffraction Analysis of Painted Surfaces” in Contemporary Collections – AICCM National Conference – Preprints, eds. A. Pagliarino and G. Osmond, Brisbane, 17th-19th October 2007, p. 122-129
- Nel, P., Lau, D., 2008. “Micro X-ray Diffraction Analysis of Pigments: Determination of detection limits of fourteen coloured pigments in three white pigment matrices” in 9th International Congress for Applied Mineralogy conference proceedings, 8th- 10th September 2008 (in press)