The use of micro-fading spectrometry to evaluate the light fastness of materials in oxygen-free environments

Spectroscopy Letters

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 113-121

  Del Hoyo Meléndez, Julio M ^a,b   Mecklenburg, Marion F ^a  

^a MUSEUM CONSERVATION INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

anoxic treatment; microfading spectrometry; museum objects; visible reflectance spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951881581     PISSN: 00387010     EISSN: 15322289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00387011003786050     Document Type: Article

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