1. Micro-XRF imaging technique
In recent decades, the growing interest in the use of X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) imaging techniques has been driven by demand from scholars in the humanities, archaeologists, conservators, art historians, and experts in ancient texts and documents. These specialists aim to deepen understanding of the original materials (such as the nature of inks and pigments) that constitute cultural heritage objects, as well as the execution and production techniques used in their creation, to assess and predict their current and future conservation state.
XRF imaging is a well-established, non-destructive analytical technique based on scanning the sample surface with a focused X-ray beam on a micrometric or sub millimetric scale. This technique allows for high lateral resolution two-dimensional (2D) distribution images of inorganic chemical elements characterizing the studied sample. XRF imaging enables the examination of an entire sample surface without leaving any par...


