Chemical Analysis of the Glass Vessel in Toshodaiji Temple Designated a National Treasure Through a Portable X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer — Where Did the Glass Vessel Come From?

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“…We previously used several prototypes of this spectrometer in analytical studies of archaeological artifacts, especially ancient glass (Nakai et al, 2005in press;Hokura et al, 2009;Tantrakarn et al, 2009;Kato et al, 2009Kato et al, , 2010Abe et al, 2009). This spectrometer is composed of a high-voltage power supply, a counting circuit controller, a spectrometer, a small vacuum pump, a laptop computer, and an external water-cooling system.…”