FUNDAMENTALS OF CULTURAL HERITAGE-APPLIED SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES
cod. 23684

Academic year 2010/11
3° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Fisica sperimentale (FIS/01)
Field
Formazione di base
Type of training activity
Basic
24 hours
of face-to-face activities
3 credits
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course unit
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Learning objectives

The course aims to provide fundamental knowledge for understanding the most important spectroscopic techniques used in diagnostic investigations of the cultural heritage.

Prerequisites

Attendance of courses in Experimental Physics and Introduction to Modern Physics

Course unit content

Spectroscopy and rudiments of quantum mechanics

Full programme

Electromagnetic radiation and interactions with matter - Photons - Energy transitions - Atomic spectroscopy - Absorption and emission - Vibrational Spectroscopies - IR absorption - Raman - FTIR techniques - Micro-Raman - Molecular spectroscopy - UV-VIS - XRF - X-ray fluorescence - X-ray absorption - Thermoluminescence - LIBS (Light Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy) - notes on XPS (X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy) - notes on NMR - Nuclear magnetic resonance - notes on Mossbauer effect

Bibliography

Notes and information provided by the professor

Teaching methods

Oral lesson

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral examination with discussion of the technique to case studies

Other information

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