Electronic paramagnetic resonance as a tool for studying the blackening of Carrara marble due to irradiation by a Q-switched YAG laser

Journal of Cultural Heritage

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2000, Pages

  Eichert, Diane ^a   Vergès Belmin, Véronique ^b   Kahn, Olivier ^c  

^a Lab de Physico Chim des Phosphates   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE RECHERCHE DES MONUMENTS HISTORIQUES   (France)

^c INST CHIM MATIERE COND BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Blackening; EPR; Laser; Marble; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001931202     PISSN: 12962074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1296-2074(00)00151-5     Document Type: Article

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