The role of varnishes in modifying light reflection from rough surfaces: A study of changes in light scattering caused by variations in varnish topography and development of a drying model

Studies in Conservation

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 170-186

  Delaney, John K ^a,b   de la Rie, E René ^a   Elias, Mady ^c   Sung, Li Piin ^d   Morales, Kathryn M ^a  

^a NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART   (United States)

^b Unité Mixte de Recherche No 7588 CNRS ^*  (United States)

^c INSTITUT DES NANOSCIENCES DE PARIS   (France)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERIC GLASS; POLYMERS; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; RESINS; SPECTRAL DENSITY; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE SCATTERING; VISCOSITY;

DISTINCTNESS OF IMAGE; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; HIGH-SPATIAL-FREQUENCY ROUGHNESS; LASER SCANNING CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT RESIN; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ROUGHNESS; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING; TOTAL INTEGRATED SCATTERINGS;

VARNISH;

EID: 58649121734     PISSN: 00393630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/sic.2008.53.3.170     Document Type: Article

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