Fibre Optic Reflectance Spectroscopy as a non-invasive tool for investigating plastics degradation in contemporary art collections: A methodological study on an expanded polystyrene artwork

Journal of Cultural Heritage

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 290-296

  Cucci, Costanza ^a   Bigazzi, Leonardo ^a   Picollo, Marcello ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artist interview; Contemporary art; Expanded polystyrene (EPS); Fibre Optic Reflectance Spectroscopy (FORS); Non invasive diagnostics; UV Vis NIR spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879779983     PISSN: 12962074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.culher.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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