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AUTHOR
M. Teresa Doménech-carbó
Study by FT-IR spectroscopy of ageing of adhesives used in restoration of archaeological glass objects
Abstract A study by FT-IR spectroscopy which aims to compare the stability of five polymers, Araldit XW396/XW 397, Vitralit 7256, Loctite 350, Desmodur N 75/Viacryl SM 564/65 and Krafft silicone commonly used in the restoration of archaeological glass objects when subjected to thermal ageing, UV light ageing and cyclic ageing in SO 2 pollutant chamber has been carried out. Two series of test specimens were prepared in order to reproduce the two methods of application of polymers commonly used in restoration treatments as adhesive and consolidant or coating of glass fragments. Modifications in the chain or side chain structure of polymers, alterations of carbonyl groups in Araldit and isocya…
A Raman spectroscopic and combined analytical approach to the restoration of severely damaged frescoes: the Palomino project
The deterioration of art objects is normally relatively minor, controllable and attributable to environmental changes or bacterial invasion, and until now there has not been any recorded attempt to analyse an artwork that has been deliberately and significantly destroyed. The analytical problems are correspondingly larger but the potential reward from any information that can be forthcoming is thereby proportionately greater. The 17th Century Palomino frescoes on the vaulted ceiling of the Church of Sant Joan del Mercat in Valencia were largely destroyed by insurgents in the Spanish Civil War in 1936. The ensuing gunfire and a series of seven conflagrations inside the church had a devastati…