Determination of chemical composition of pottery from antic Siscia by ICP-AES after enhanced pressure microwave digestion

Characterization of Pottery from Teotihuacan Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy and Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectroscopy

“…The fact that LIBS allows to detect traces in sample pastes was confirmed by ICP-OES as detailed below. The number of detected elements in this study compares favorably with other investigations on archaeological ceramics performed by LIBS where eight to 11 chemical elements have been reported; [26][27][28][29] and with other techniques such as ICP-OES (16 elements), 7 12 using XRF, 27 and 18 elements were observed by PIXE-RBS. 9 However, the obtained SNR of some traces obtained by LIBS such as Ni, Zn, and Cr are near above the limit of detection.…”

“…The chemical characterization of ceramics allows archaeologists to link the economic system of production and exchange to the cultural transmission. 5 The analytical methods to study ceramics include neutron activation analysis (NAA), 3,5,6 inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry and optical emission spectrometry (ICP-MS, ICP-OES), 3,5,7 petrography, 5 proton induced X-ray emission (PIXE), 8 Rutherford backscattering (RBS), 8,9 X-ray diffraction (XRD), 8 Raman spectroscopy, 10 scanning electron microscopy (SEM), 11,12 among others. Nevertheless, ceramic composition not only depends on the employed clay but also on soluble ions introduced by water, postfire chemical modifications and voluntary and involuntary decisions made by the potter.…”

Atomic spectrometry update: review of advances in the analysis of metals, chemicals and materials

“…These isotopes are, of course, of relevance for the dating of radiogenic samples. Since the ionization is selective to individual elements, the presence of large quantities of 241 Am and 238 U did not cause isobaric interferences. Again, LOD were of the order of 10 4 to 10 5 atoms.…”

“…The third paper in the series discussed the detection of Pu at ultra-trace quantities. According to the authors, the method enabled the unambiguous identication and individual quantication of both 238 Pu and 241 Pu. These isotopes are, of course, of relevance for the dating of radiogenic samples.…”

Atomic spectrometry update: review of advances in the analysis of metals, chemicals and materials

“…These isotopes are, of course, of relevance for the dating of radiogenic samples. Since the ionization is selective to individual elements, the presence of large quantities of 241 Am and 238 U did not cause isobaric interferences. Again, LOD were of the order of 10 4 to 10 5 atoms.…”