On the potential of microbeam analyses in study of the ceramics, slip and paint of Late Bronze Age White Slip II ware: An example from the Canaanite site Tel Esur

Handheld X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) Versus Wavelength Dispersive XRF: Characterization of Chinese Blue-and-White Porcelain Sherds Using Handheld and Laboratory-Type XRF Instruments

“…Previous studies proved the success of the technique by comparing the data obtained from large-scale instruments, such as time-of-flight ICP-MS with laser ablation (LA), ICP-optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES), NAA, and energy dispersive XRF. 8,16–21…”

“…Previous studies proved the success of the technique by comparing the data obtained from large-scale instruments, such as timeof-flight ICP-MS with laser ablation (LA), ICP-optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES), NAA, and energy dispersive XRF. 8,[16][17][18][19][20][21] Since the 1990s, almost all studies on Chinese ceramics were carried out in the research centers housing a laboratory-scale infrastructure, which ranges from conventional XRD, XRF, SEM-EDS, electron probe microanalysis, ICP-MS, Raman, ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy [22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34] to more sophisticated techniques such as TEM, NAA, thermal ionization mass spectrometry, proton-induced X-ray emission (PIXE), Mö ssbauer spectroscopy, full-field transmission X-ray microspectrometry, and X-ray absorption spectroscopy. [35][36][37][38][39] As mentioned above, the analyses aim to identify the body, glaze, and coloring agent constituents, as well as to resolve the discussion of the authenticity of the objects.…”