The use of a portable energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence spectrometer for the characterization of patinas from the architectural heritage of the Iberian peninsula

This study has been financed by project BIA2003-0473 (Spanish Ministry of Education and Science), by a ‘Ramon y Cajal’ contract (MAdB) (Ministry of Education and Science). CVC thanks the CSIC (Spanish Council for Scientific Research) Thematic Network for Historical and Cultural Heritage for a scholarship co-financed by the European Social Found.

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