Effective biocide to prevent microbiological contamination during PEG impregnation of wet archaeological iron-wood artefacts

Journal of Cultural Heritage

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 160-169

  Rakotonirainy, Malalanirina Sylvia ^a   Caillat, Loic ^b   Héraud, Cécile ^a   Memet, Jean Bernard ^c   Tran, Quoc Khoi ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^c Laboratoire arc'Antique   (France)

Author keywords

Biocide; Biocontamination; Corrosion inhibitor; Corrosion potential; Iron wood artefacts; PEG impregnation; Polarization resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249949489     PISSN: 12962074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.culher.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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