Elemental analysis of cannon balls

This proposal requests 4 days on CHRONUS to study cannon balls from Henry VIII’s flagship, The Mary Rose. The beam time will be spent carrying out a full, non-destructive elemental analysis of three round shot. One large lead shot with an iron inclusion, one smaller shop of solid lead and a third large shot of solid lead, which may or may not be part of the Mary Rose armoury. If this shot is found to be of French, rather than of English, origin then a significant part of history would need to be reconsidered.

本提案申请在CHRONUS设备上占用4天实验束流时间，以研究亨利八世旗舰玛丽玫瑰号（Mary Rose）所遗存的加农炮弹。本次束流时间将用于对三枚圆球形加农炮弹开展全面的非破坏性元素分析：一枚含铁夹杂物的大型铅弹、一枚小型实心铅弹，以及第三枚大型实心铅弹——该炮弹是否属于玛丽玫瑰号的军械库尚不明确。若该炮弹被证实为法国造而非英国造，则相当一部分历史认知将亟需重新审视。