Analytical pyrolysis vs. classical wet chemical analysis to assess the decay of archaeological waterlogged wood

Analytica Chimica Acta

Volumn 745, Issue , 2012, Pages 70-77

  Łucejko, Jeannette J ^a   Zborowska, Magdalena ^b   Modugno, Francesca ^a   Colombini, Maria P ^a   Praogonekdzyński, Włodzimierz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Classical wet analysis; Py GC MS; Waterlogged archaeological wood; Wood degradation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PYROLYSIS; ARCHAEOLOGICAL OBJECTS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL INFORMATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY; GC/MS ANALYSIS; HEXAMETHYLDISILAZANE; INSTRUMENTAL METHODS; PY-GC/MS; SMALL ISLAND; SOUND WOODS; TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES; WATERLOGGED WOODS; WET ANALYSIS; WET CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; WET-CHEMICAL METHOD; WOOD DEGRADATION;

CRACKING (CHEMICAL); DEGRADATION; WOOD;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

1,1,1,3,3,3 HEXAMETHYLDISILAZANE; ORGANOSILICON DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLASSICAL WET CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WATERLOGGING; WOOD;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; WOOD;

EID: 84865579040     PISSN: 00032670     EISSN: 18734324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2012.07.046     Document Type: Article

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