External milli-beam PIXE analysis of the mineral pigments of glazed Iznik (Turkey) ceramics

Authors

  • Bogdan Constantinescu <p>National Institute for Nuclear Physics and Engineering "Horia Hulubei", Str. Reactorului no.30, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania</p>
  • Daniela Cristea-Stan <p>National Institute for Nuclear Physics and Engineering "Horia Hulubei", Str. Reactorului no.30, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania</p>
  • Imre Kovács <p>Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics, Konkoly-Thege &uacute;t 29-33, Budapest, Hungary</p>
  • Zoltán Szőkefalvi-Nagy <p><sup>b</sup>Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics, Konkoly-Thege &uacute;t 29-33, Budapest, Hungary</p>

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2451/2014PM0009

Keywords:

external milli-beam PIXE, Iznik ceramics, pigments, Cobalt sources.

Abstract

25 Iznik glazed ceramics fragments - shards of vessels, plates for wall decorations found in Moldova’s capital Suceava, in Prince Vasile Lupu (1600-1640) palace and shards excavated from a Danube ford - Piua Pietrii, a renowned commercial centre during 17th Century were studied. We used external milli-beam PIXE (Particle Induced X-ray Emission) spectroscopy to investigate the capabilities of this method to identify the metals from ceramics mineral pigments. Cobalt, Lead-Antimony, Copper, Chromium, Iron and Manganese minerals used to obtain blue, yellow, green, red and brown colours were identified. Our PIXE results were compared with data from literature obtained on Iznik tiles samples using Raman spectroscopy proving a good compatibility.

Author Biography

Imre Kovács, <p>Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics, Konkoly-Thege &uacute;t 29-33, Budapest, Hungary</p>

senior research associate

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Published

2014-06-17

Issue

Vol. 83 No. 2 (2014)

Section

ORIGINAL ARTICLE