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Using chemistry to detect counterfeit art

By: Natalie Cooke, News Writer Byron Gates, a professor at SFU with expertise in surface and materials chemistry, has found new ways to detect art forgery.  With help from Nabyl Merbouh, a teaching professor at SFU, they have constructed a project for students to investigate fake art. Merbouh said to SFU News, “We’re teaching students more than 20 different types of analytical methods and technologies by the time they’re finished with the curriculum at SFU.”  Using forensic tools and equipment, such as electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy instruments, pieces of artwork can be examined with…

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