Characterisation of the polyethylene glycol impregnation of the Swedish warship Vasa and one of the Danish Skuldelev Viking ships

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1211-1218

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

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Characterisation; Distribution; PEG; Polyethylene glycol; Waterlogged wood

Indexed keywords

CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; VESSEL;

EID: 34047133763     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2006.10.012     Document Type: Article

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