Using Nondestructive Portable X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometers on Stone, Ceramics, Metals, and Other Materials in Museums: Advantages and Limitations

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  2016

• Venue

  Applied Spectroscopy

• Publication date

  2016-01-01

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  Medicine, Materials Science, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1177/0003702815616745PMID 26767632
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