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What is Mass Spectrometry and What are Isotopes?

Mass spectrometry, MassSpec is a method used to identify the chemical composition of a sample by analyzing isotopes and molecular fragments.

WHAT IS DENDROCHRONOLOGY or Tree-Ring Dating?

Dendrochronology, or tree-ring dating, is the method that dates wooden objects by counting the tree rings present in those wooden objects.

PAINTING LAYERS: How Scientific Analysis Reveals the Painting Structure and Composition

Paintings have multiple layers in their composition and different scientific methods can reveal details about the painting structure.

RADIOCARBON DATING and Its Use in Dating Cultural Heritage Objects

Radiocarbon dating is a radiometric dating method that uses the radioactive isotope carbon-14 to date objects as old as 50,000 years old.

MOBILE NMR and The Use of NMR Relaxation and Portable NMR in Cultural Heritage

Mobile NMR combines permanent magnets with surface radio-frequency coils to record nuclear magnetic resonance experiments non-invasively.

PRINCIPLES OF NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE (NMR)

The basic principles of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) rely on the behavior of nuclear spins in an external magnetic field.