Corrosion and Conservation of Cultural Heritage Metallic Artefacts (Volume 65) (European Federation of Corrosion (EFC) Series, Volume 65) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1782421548 ISBN 13: 9781782421542

Publisher: Woodhead Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

The conservation of metallic archaeological and historic artefacts is a major challenge whether they are ancient bronzes or relics of our more recent industrial past. Based on the work of Working Party 21 Corrosion of Archaeological and Historical Artefacts within the European Federation of Corrosion (EFC), this important book summarises key recent research on analytical techniques, understanding corrosion processes and preventing the corrosion of cultural heritage metallic artefacts.

After an introductory part on some of the key issues in this area, part two reviews the range of analytical techniques for measuring and analysing corrosion processes, including time resolved spectroelectrochemistry, voltammetry and laser induced breakdown spectroscopy. Part three reviews different types of corrosion processes for a range of artefacts, whilst part four discusses on-site monitoring techniques. The final part of the book summaries a range of conservation techniques and strategies to conserve cultural heritage metallic artefacts.

Corrosion and conservation of cultural heritage metallic artefacts is an important reference for all those involved in archaeology and conservation, including governments, museums as well as those undertaking research in archaeology and corrosion science.

• Summarises key research on analytical techniques for measuring and analysing corrosion processes
• Provides detailed understanding of corrosion processes and corrosion prevention
• Discusses on-site monitoring techniques

About this title

About the Author:

Dr Philippe Dillmann is Head of the Archaeological Materials Laboratory at the Institut de Recherche sur les Archéomatériaux within the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and the Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique (CNRS/CEA).

David Watkinson is Professor of Conservation at Cardiff University, UK.

Emma Angelini is Professor of Applied Physical Chemistry at the Politecnico di Torino, Italy.

Professor Annemie Adriaens works within the Department of Analytical Chemistry at Ghent University, Belgium.

About this edition

• Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1782421548
• ISBN 13: 9781782421542
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 640
• Editor: Dillmann P, Watkinson D, Angelini E, Adriaens A