Formic and acetic acids in archaeological wood. A comparison between the Vasa Warship, the Bremen Cog, the Oberländer Boat and the Danish Viking Ships

Holzforschung

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 259-264

  Glastrup, Jens ^a,c   Shashoua, Yvonne ^a   Egsgaard, Helge ^b   Mortensen, Martin Nordvig ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acetic acid; Analysis; Archaeological wood; Formic acid; Gas chromatography; Mass spectrometry; SPME

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ANALYSIS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL WOOD; CALIBRATION CURVES; SOLID-PHASE MICRO EXTRACTION; SPME;

WOOD;

ACETIC ACID; FORMIC ACID; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROSCOPY; WOOD;

EID: 33646536051     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: 1437434X     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2006.042     Document Type: Article

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