COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY OF THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF MEDIEVAL SILVER COINS BY SEM, XRF AND OES

Authors

  • Eugenia F. Shaykhutdinova Institute of Archaeology named after A.Kh. Khalikov, Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Butlerov St., 30, Kazan, 420012, Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation; Kazan (Volga region) Federal University. Kremlyovskaya St., 18, Kazan, 420008, Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation; Kazan National Research Technical University named after A. N. Tupolev. K.Marx St., 10, Kazan, 420111, Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation
  • Rezida Kh. Khramchenkova Institute of Archaeology named after A.Kh. Khalikov, Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Butlerov St., 30, Kazan, 420012, Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation
  • Bulat А. Bakirov Kazan (Volga region) Federal University. Kremlyovskaya St., 18, Kazan, 420008, Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation

Keywords:

archaeology, Golden Horde, dirham, chemical composition, scanning electron microscopy, optical emission spectrometry, X–ray fluorescence analysis

Abstract

The study presents the analysis results of the determination of the chemical composition medieval silver coins diff erent methods: optical emission spectroscopy (OES), X–ray fl uorescence analysis (XRF) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Comparative analysis results OES, XRF and SEM showed that despite the fact that the data on concentrations obtained by all methods gave comparable results on silver, there are diff erences in the determination of copper (in the range of 0.4 ... 8.8 wt.%) And lead (in the range 0.4 ... 4.2% wt.%). For some artifacts, the values obtained by XRF are almost 5 times higher than OES. At the same time, the content of copper obtained by SEM and OES is almost identical, and lead concentrations diff er by no more than 1.5 times.

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2018-05-25

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Shaykhutdinova, E. F., Khramchenkova, R. K., & Bakirov B. А. (2018). COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY OF THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF MEDIEVAL SILVER COINS BY SEM, XRF AND OES. Arkheologiia Evraziiskikh Stepei (Archaeology of the Eurasian Steppes), (5), 242–247. Retrieved from https://evrazstep.ru/index.php/aes/article/view/409

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No. 5 (2018)

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