NDLI: Tracing ancient silk route by nuclear-analytical technique

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Lahiri, Susanta Maiti, Moumita Gangopadhyay, Kaushik
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	Total potassium content of archaeological artifacts like glass beads was determined by estimating the amount of $^{40}$K in the sample using Compton Suppression Spectroscopy which in turn unveiled the trading pattern in past through famous ancient silk route in the Bay of Bengal region. The developed technique neither involved any reactor/accelerator/X-ray source nor any chemical treatment of the samples. We analyzed eight different samples from Tamilnadu, India of which two samples showed elevated potassium content indicating their different origin. This is the first report to discriminate glass beads according to their potassium content, which ultimately helped to predict their origin.
Starting Page	225
Ending Page	228
Page Count	4
File Format	PDF
ISSN	02365731
Journal	Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Volume Number	307
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15882780
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2015-01-14
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	$^{40}$K Total potassium Compton suppression spectroscopy Archaeological artifacts Glass beads Nuclear Chemistry Physical Chemistry Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons Diagnostic Radiology Inorganic Chemistry
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Spectroscopy Pollution Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging Analytical Chemistry Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Nuclear Energy and Engineering

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