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The schedule is available at https://www.conftool.com/iucr2020/

Science meets art: X-ray spectrometry and X-ray diffraction in art and archaeology

Comments

Synchrotron radiation-based techniques such as X-ray Diffraction, X-ray Fluorescence and IR spectroscopy are widely used for the study of artistic and archaeological materials and artefacts, and their conservation. More recently X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS) is gaining attention as an additional research tool in the field of cultural heritage. The chemical selectivity of the technique combined with its high sensitivity make it an ideal tool for the study of complex and heterogeneous materials. The capability of this technique to perform chemical mapping with high spatial resolution is particularly useful as it provides information about local composition and chemical states of selected elements in the sample. The aim of this microsymposium is to show the applicability of synchrotron radiation-based techniques, and in particular XAS, for the study of historically valuable artefacts, illuminating aspects of their fabrication and methods for conserving them for future generations.

Chair persons

Name	Family	Institution	City	Country	Region
Giannantonio	Cibin	Diamond	Oxfordshire	UK	ECA
Petr	Bezdicka	Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences	Rez near Prague	Czech Republic	ECA

Invited speakers

Name	Family	Institution	City	Country	Title
Christoph	Berthold	University of Tübingen	Tübingen	Germany
Katrien	Keune	University of Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam	Amsterdan	Netherlands	Operation Night Watch: macro- and microscale X-ray imaging studies on the Rembrandts’ masterpiece The Night Watch in the Rijksmuseum.