Understanding the ageing behaviour of nineteenth and twentieth century tin-weighted silks

Journal of the Institute of Conservation

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 179-193

  Garside, Paul ^a   Wyeth, Paul ^b   Zhang, Xiaomei ^c  

^a BRITISH LIBRARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Humidity ageing; Light ageing; Preventive conservation; Silk; Thermal ageing; Tin weighting

Indexed keywords

DETERIORATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILK; SODIUM METALLOGRAPHY; THERMAL AGING; TIN METALLOGRAPHY;

ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES (ESEM); HUMIDITY AGEING; LIGHT AGEING; LONG TERM STABILITY; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; PREVENTIVE CONSERVATION; TIN WEIGHTING;

TIN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84861200622     PISSN: 19455224     EISSN: 19455232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19455224.2010.501293     Document Type: Review

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