Corrosion of Copper and Lead by Formaldehyde, Formic and Acetic Acid Vapours

Studies in Conservation

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 237-250

  Tétreault, Jean ^a   Cano, Emilio ^b   Van Bommel, Maarten ^c   Scott, David ^d   Dennis, Megan ^e   Barthés Labrousse, Marie Geneviève ^f   Minel, Léa ^g   Robbiola, Luc ^h  

^a CANADIAN CONSERVATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL METALLURGY   (Spain)

^c Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g CNRS   (France)

^h PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CARBONYLATION; COPPER; FORMALDEHYDE; LEAD; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CORROSION SENSITIVITY; HUMID CARBONYL ENVIRONMENT; WEIGHT GAIN MEASUREMENT;

CORROSION;

EID: 1842481637     PISSN: 00393630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/sic.2003.48.4.237     Document Type: Article

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