Macro X-ray fluorescence scanning system for the National Gallery
What the buyer wrote
The National Gallery is seeking to procure a macro X-ray fluorescence (MA-XRF) scanning system for in-situ, non-invasive analysis and imaging of Old Master paintings, to advance their interdisciplinary scientific and art historical research. The equipment will include a scanning/positioning system, a high efficiency X-ray source producing submillimetre spot sizes and a high sensitivity X-ray detector capable together of generating elemental maps with a spatial (lateral) resolution in the c.100-500 micron range using dwell times in the millisecond range, based on the acquisition of high quality spectral data. The elemental range of interest is Na to U. The equipment will produce scans at dif…
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- What the buyer calls it
- Macro X-ray fluorescence scanning system for the National Gallery
- How they are buying
- Advertised, open to anyoneAny supplier could bid without being invited first.
- Type
- goods
- Suitable for small firms
- The buyer says yes. What that is worth
- Work starts
- 1 Feb 2017
- Work ends
- 28 Feb 2018
Who the buyer named
Catherine Tomlinson was the named contact on this notice.