ATR-FTIR imaging of albumen photographic prints

Journal of Cultural Heritage

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 387-395

  Ricci, Camilla ^a   Bloxham, Simon ^b   Kazarian, Sergei G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Albumen photographs; Chemical imaging; Conservation study; FT IR; Infrared spectroscopy; Optical microscopy; SEM EDX

Indexed keywords

EID: 36549000264     PISSN: 12962074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.culher.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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