Determination of pigments in colour layers on walls of some selected historical buildings using optical and scanning electron microscopy

Materials Characterization

Volumn 58, Issue 11-12 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 1138-1147

  Škapin, A Sever ^a   Ropret, P ^b   Bukovec, P ^c  

^a SLOVENIAN NATIONAL BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b Restoration Center   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Energy dispersive spectroscopy; Historical buildings; Optical microscopy; Pigments; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COATINGS; COLOR; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FINISHING; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELEMENTAL DISTRIBUTION; HISTORICAL BUILDINGS; WALL PAINTINGS;

PIGMENTS;

EID: 35048887984     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2007.05.013     Document Type: Article

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