Glass and Ceramics
The analysis of artworks made of ceramics or glass consist first in the study of the matrix: the distribution of the grains in a porcelain, in a clay preparation, etc. Elemental analyzes (e.g ICP-MS, ICP-AES, EDS, XRF, …) are mainly used to characterize the major elements (silica, fluxes, modifiers), minors (e.g. coloring oxides) and trace…