Conservation Science 2002 - Papers from the Conference Held in Edinburgh, Scotland 22-24 May 2002

Preventive conservation and non destructive techniues of analysis applied to a range of materials - from Rembrandt to Roman coins; from aero engines to alkyd resins; from hats to hallmarks; manuscripts to mercury.

List of contents

Preventive conservation: the research legacy Susan Bradley Monitoring dust in historic houses David Howell Monitoring of deposited particle levels within the Royal Museum of Scotland: distribution patterns and the effects of nearby construction work Stuart Adams, Katherine Eremin and James Tate Ceramics threatened by acid-induced salts Lieve Halsberghe Improvement of showcase environment at the Silberkammer, Vienna J.G. Holmberg and W. Kippes Assessment of materials used for anoxic micro-environments Vicen Carrio and Suzie Stevenson Museum collections: data sheets for improved management Giorgio Accardo, Carlo Cacace, Elisabetta Giani, Annamaria Giovagnoli and Maria Pia Nugari Risk map: a project to aid decision-making in the protection, preservation and conservation of Italian cultural heritage Giorgio Accardo, Antonella Altieri, Carlo Cacace, Elisabetta Giani and Annamaria Giovagnoli Practical applications of reactivity monitoring in museums and archives Chris Muller Inhibiting the deterioration of plasticised poly (vinyl chloride) in museum collections Yvonne Shashoua The monitoring of painted wood panels by fibre Bragg grating sensors Riccardo Falciai, Cosimo Trono, Giancarlo Lanterna and Ciro Castelli Dimensional change of Australian Aboriginal bark paintings using non-destructive monitoring techniques Nicola Smith, Kylie Roth and Vincent Otieno-Alego The sulphur threat to marine-archaeological artefacts: acid and iron removal from the Vasa Magnus Sandstrom, Farideh Jalilehvand, Ingmar Persson, Yvonne Fors, Emiliana Damian, Ulrik Gelius, Ingrid Hall-Roth, Lovisa Dal, Vicki L. Richards and Ian Godfrey Electrochemistry as a conservation tool: an overview Virginia Costa The potential of inverse chromatography for investigating the interactions of consolidants and solvents with archaeological materials Theo Skinner Laser cleaning of natural history specimens and subsequent SEM examination Lorraine Cornish and Chris G. Jones Comparing the bond strength of adhesive support treatments for textiles: peel strength versus work of adhesion Irene F. Karsten, Nancy Kerr and Zhenghe Xu Laminated materials from the National Anthropological Archives Claire M. Grundy and Tara D. Kennedy Characterisation and development of mortars for the conservation of Byzantine floor mosaicsv Ioannis Karatasios, David Watt and Belinda Colston The Application of Science in the Conservation of Historic Buildings and Monuments David Watt and Belinda Colston Evaluating the use of bioremediation techniques in the conservation of hydrocarbon-contaminated stone monuments Maria Kliafa, Belinda Colston and David Watt A Scientific Approach for the Conservation of the Outdoor Bronze Monument of Theodoros Kolokotronis Vasilike Argyropoulos, Andreas G. Karydas, Aggeliki Vossou Domi, Thanasis Karabotsos, Eleni Kapatou, Vasilis B. Perdikatsis, Giorgos Economou, Charalambos Zarkadas and Dimitrios Charalambous Investigation of a potentiostatic reduction treatment for leaded copper alloys Helen Spencer The Effects of Conservation Treatments on the Subsequent Tarnishing of Silver David Thickett and Marilyn Hockey Disodium Salt of Secacic Acid: A Non-Toxic Corrosion Inhibitor for Ferrous Artifacts in Citric Acid Wash Solutions V. Otieno-Alego, D. Thurrowgood,K4 D.C. Creagh and G. Bailey Monitoring the deterioration of historic textiles: developing appropriate micromethodology Paul Wyeth and Paul Garside Conservator safety - mercury in felt hats Graham Martin and Marion Kite Paper Conservation Chemistry: A Review of Chemiluminescence Studies of Cellulose Stability Matija Strlie, Jana Kolar, Jozef Rychly Insight into early photographic processes: quantitative XRF approach Dusan C. Stulik and Herant P. Khanjian Infrared spectroscopic studies of photographic material Herant P. Khanjian and Dusan C. Stulik Non-destructive investigation of nineteenth-century Scottish hhotographs Katherine Eremin, James Tate and James Berry Non-destructive analysis of a 16th-century manuscript from the Gospel Book of Robert Quercentius Sophie Denoel, Georges Weber, Dominique Allartand Bernard Gilbert Image recovery of worn-off hallmarks on silver and gold objects Paul L. Benson and Robert S. Gilmore Non-destructive characterisation of gilded bronze using pulsed and swept eddy current techniques Johanna R. Bernstein and Blythe McCarthy Crystals from an aged Merlin'. Corrosion deposits found in the engines of the historic Avro-Lancaster bomber, G-for-George G. A. Heath, A.J. Edwards, M. Sterns, G. Bailey and V. Oteino-Alego The Investigation of Degradation Effects in Silvered Copper Alloy Roman Coins (250-350 AD) C. Vlachou, J.G. McDonnell and R.C. Janaway The chemical characterisation of alkyd resins by thermally-assisted hydrolysis and methylation - gas chromatography / mass spectrometry and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy Francesca Cappitelli Fourier Transform Interferometric Imaging Spectrometry: A New Tool for the Study of Reflectance and Fluorescence of Polychrome Surfaces Andrea Casini, Franco Lotti, Marcello Picollo, Lorenzo Stefani and Alfredo Aldrovandi Neutron activation autoradiography of paintings by Rembrandt at the Berlin Picture Gallery Claudia Laurenze-Landsberg Unequal Lovers at the laboratory: non-destructive analysis of a sixteenth-century Netherlandish painting C. Oger, D. Allart; P. Fraitur and G. Weber Low Vacuum Scanning Electron Microscopy at the National Museums and Galleries of Wales Mary Davis Development of protocols for a large analytical database project for historic pigments Nicholas Eastaugh, Valentine Walsh, Ruth Siddall, Tracey Chaplin and Henryk Herman

Product details

• Authors: Joyce H. (EDT)/ Eremin Townsend
• Assisted by: Annemie Adriaens (Editor), Katherine Eremin (Editor), Joyce H. Townsend (Editor)
• Publisher: Antique Collector's Club
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2003
• EAN: 9781873132883
• ISBN: 978-1-873132-88-3
• No. of pages: 278
• Dimensions: 203 mm x 286 mm x 19 mm
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Antiques