ProposalDeepBlueMarine 2013
Project Summary
We propose to perform to measure the concentrations of several nuclei using photon activation analysis (PAA) and determine if there is a correlation between several coin samples and candidate mines that may have been the source for the silver in the coin. Based on previous work (insert NAA reference) and our preliminary results, we intent to focus on Gold, Irridum, and Strontium nuclei. PAA has been able to measure the content of nuclei in a sample to the level of parts-per-million (PPM). , highly-penetrating and non-destructive technique, which does not require sample preparation. Elemental and matching analyses were successfully performed for a wide variety of samples including museum artifacts [1], fossils [2], forensic samples [3], agricultural samples [4], and various environmental samples [5-6]. PAA is a relatively straightforward procedure, affords high accuracy and is non-destructive compared to other methods of detecting base elements [7 - 9].
