Porosity determination with helium pycnometry as a method to characterize waterlogged woods and the efficacy of the conservation treatments

Archaeometry

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 906-915

  Donato, I D ^a   Lazzara, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Consolidation; Density; Helium pycnometry; Porosity; Waterlogged wood

Indexed keywords

CONSOLIDATION; DENSITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POROSITY; WATERLOGGING; WOOD;

EID: 84866302117     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2011.00657.x     Document Type: Article

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