Non-Destructive Assaying Gold Jewellery Using Dual-Energy Micro-Computed Tomography
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https://doi.org/10.11113/jt.v73.4242Keywords:
Non-destructive evaluation, gold purity, gold scam prevention, fake gold, X-ray fluorescence, dual-energy X-ray micro-computed tomography, image reconstructionAbstract
Determining the fineness of gold jewelleries remains one of the most challenging tasks in gold trading. The existing technology of gold testing is inadequate, allowing gold counterfeiting worldwide. The most popular non-destructive method for analysis of gold jewelleries is X-ray fluorescence technique. However, the technique is limited to surface only and it is also greatly influenced by matrix effects. In this paper, dual-energy X-ray micro-computed tomography method was proposed to assay gold jewelleries. Experimental results demonstrated that grey values of reconstructed tomographic images in combination with advanced image analysis procedures could be used to detect fake jewelleries. Due to the uniqueness of X-ray absorption, the technique was also capable of identifying different materials in gold jewelleries. Further analysis on sectioned-earrings samples using X-ray diffraction techniques and visual observation confirmed all tomographic findings. Â
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