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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 with a half life 6.183 days of by electron capture to Platinum (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.  Pt-196 is stable.
 
 
 
If Pt-196 is in an excited state, then  there are two lifetimes to de-excite of 8.1 seconds and  9.6 hours .  For the 9.6 hours state then dominant intensities are a photon emission energies of 188.27 and 147.81 keV.
 
 
====Proton Knockout====
 
 
<math>{197 \atop\; }Au (\gamma,p){196 \atop \; }Pt</math>
 
 
Pt-196 is naturally occurring in 25% of the Platinum
 
 
You will need to produce it in an excited state (356, 689, 877,1526 keV) in order to get a gamma.
 
 
===Activation Iridium===
 
 
There are two naturally occuring isotopes of Iridium (37% Ir-191, 63%Ir-193)
 
 
====Neutron knock out====
 
<math>{191 \atop\; }Ir (\gamma,n){190 \atop \; }Ir</math>
 
 
After 11.78 days Ir-190 electron captures to Os-190 (dominant decay) with the most intense line emission of 186.68 keV.
 
 
====Proton knock out====
 
<math>{191 \atop\; }Ir (\gamma,n){190 \atop \; }Os</math>
 
 
 
<math>{193 \atop\; }Ir (\gamma,n){192 \atop \; }Os</math>
 
 
 
 
Osmium 192 and 190 are stable.
 
  
 
[[PAA_Research]]
 
[[PAA_Research]]

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