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Actually, you're right and wrong. All x-rays are produced by particle accelerators. (For that matter, so are pictures on a CRT.) The article says they used "
by 13of40 10y ago
Actually, you're right and wrong. All x-rays are produced by particle accelerators. (For that matter, so are pictures on a CRT.) The article says they used "macro x-ray fluorescence spectrometry (MA-XRF)", which is a commercially available technology.
- aylons 10y agoMost commercially available technology have particle accelerator-powered versions that are much more powerful. This is the case for MA-XRF, used for the same purpose with painting at the synchrotron light source at Brookhaven: http://phys.org/news/2011-12-x-ray-techniques-art-historians-rembrandt.html http://phys.org/news/2011-12-x-ray-techniques-art-historians...