Developing and testing a new generation of protective coatings for outdoor bronze sculpture

Progress in Organic Coatings

Volumn 48, Issue 2-4, 2003, Pages 289-296

  Bierwagen, Gordon ^a   Shedlosky, Tara J ^a   Stanek, Kimberly ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronze sculpture; Corrosion; Protection

Indexed keywords

ACID RAIN; BINDERS; BRONZE; CORROSION PROTECTION; CORROSION RESISTANCE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FLUOROCARBONS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TITANIUM OXIDES;

POLLUTANTS; SCARRING CORROSION;

PROTECTIVE COATINGS;

EID: 0344875077     PISSN: 03009440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.porgcoat.2003.07.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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