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Ancient Silver

File:Meyers Zelst Sayre BNL-21513.pdf This paper suggest that the gold and iridium content can be used to distinguish between Sasanian (Iran) coins and other silver coins.

Activating gold

Neutron knock out

[math]{197 \atop\; }Au (\gamma,n){196 \atop \; }Au[/math]

Au-196 decays by electron capture to Pt-196 92% of the time or the rest of the time it Beta decay to Hg-196

The highest relative intensity gamma ray has an energy of 333.03 keV after Au-196 undergoes electron capture.

Proton Knockout

[math]{197 \atop\; }Au (\gamma,p){196 \atop \; }Pt[/math]

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