Conservation Science for the Cultural Heritage Applications of Instrumental Analysis

Conservation Science is a rather innovative application of instrumental analysis with steadily increasing importance. Although the first attempts for preserving material cultural heritage on a scientific basis are found in the 19th century pioneer chemistry years, only the use of sophisticated physi...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Varella, Evangelia A. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2013, 2013
Edition:1st ed. 2013
Series:Lecture Notes in Chemistry
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • General Considerations: On materials and artefacts
  • Separation Techniques: High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) and Gas Chromatography (GC)
  • Capillary Electrophoresis
  •  Identification Techniques I: Imagine techniques
  • The role of microscopy techniques in the study of cultural heritage materials
  • Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy
  • Solid state NMR
  • Identification Techniques II: X-ray techniques and X-ray fluorescence with portable systems
  • The Small Angle Scattering technique: an effective tool in the structural investigation of archaeologically relevant specimens
  • Energy dispersive X-ray diffraction in cultural heritage science: The winning duo of structural and elemental analysis
  • Particle induced X-ray emission spectroscopy in conservation science
  • Atomic absorption spectroscopy in conservation science
  • Thermal analysis techniques
  • Applying the Techniques on Materials I: Identification of natural dyes in 13th Century textiles by HPLC-DAD detection
  •  Identification of natural dyes by RP-HPLC-DAD and natural dyeing procedures
  • Liquid chromatographic analysis of ancient Egyptian organic material
  • Binding media identification in art objects by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
  •  FT Infrared Spectroscopy as an identification tool in polychrome artefact studies
  • Solid state NMR to characterize paper and parchment samples from a 16th century book
  • Case studies on textile studies with Scanning Electron Microscopy
  • Physicochemical methods of analysis for the study of archaeological textiles
  • Identification of purple by means of Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography /Mass Spectrometry
  • Applying the Techniques on Materials II: The application of back-scattered scanning electron microscopy to unravel building stone decay mechanisms in urban environments
  •  Application of microscopy, X-ray diffractometry (XRD) and stable-isotope geochemistry in provenance determination ofthe white marbles used in the ancient Great Theatre of Larisa, Thessaly, Greece
  • Case studies: Investigation of mortars by Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy
  •  Mortars-Thermal analysis
  • Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy measurements for the corrosion behaviour evaluation of epoxy – (organo) clays nanocomposite coatings
  • Study of Vatican masterpieces
  • Laser applications in cultural heritage preservation.