Metal stearate distributions in modern artists' oil paints: Surface and cross-sectional investigation of reference paint films using conventional and synchrotron infrared microspectroscopy

Applied Spectroscopy

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1136-1144

  Osmond, Gillian ^a,b   Boon, Jaap J ^c   Puskar, Ljiljana ^d   Drennan, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Centre for Contemporary Art Conservation   (Australia)

^c JAAP Enterprise for MOLART Advice   (Netherlands)

^d AUSTRALIAN SYNCHROTRON   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aluminum stearate; Art conservation; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; FT IR spectroscopy; Metal carboxylate; Oil paint; Synchrotron; Zinc oxide; Zinc soap; Zinc stearate

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM STEARATE; ART CONSERVATION; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; METAL CARBOXYLATE; OIL PAINTS; ZINC STEARATE;

ALUMINUM; CARBOXYLATION; DRYING OILS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; METALLIC SOAPS; MICROOPTICS; PAINT; PHASE SEPARATION; SYNCHROTRONS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

ZINC;

EID: 84867261245     PISSN: 00037028     EISSN: 19433530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1366/12-06659     Document Type: Article

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