Atmospheric deterioration of Qin brick in an environmental chamber at Emperor Qin's Terracotta Museum, China

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2578-2583

  Hu, T F ^a,b,c   Lee, S C ^c   Cao, J J ^a,b   Ho, W K ^c   Ho, K F ^c   Chow, J C ^b,d   Watson, J G ^b,d   Rong, B ^e   An, Z S ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Emperor Qin's Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum   (China)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Indoor air; Material damage; Museum; SEM EDX; Terracotta; XPS

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CERAMICS; INDOOR AIR; MUSEUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 69749110277     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.07.014     Document Type: Article

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