Non-destructive and micro-invasive testing techniques for characterizing materials, structures and restoration problems in mural paintings

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 387, Issue , 2016, Pages 971-985

  Tortora, Mariagrazia ^a   Sfarra, Stefano ^a   Chiarini, Marco ^b   Daniele, Valeria ^a   Taglieri, Giuliana ^a   Cerichelli, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Micro chemical analyses; Non Destructive testing techniques; Pigments; Plaster; Restoration products; Structural defects and rising damp phenomenon

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; DATA INTEGRATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INFRARED DEVICES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERIALS TESTING; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PIGMENTS; PLASTER; RESTORATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; RESTORATION MATERIALS; RESTORATION PROBLEMS; STRUCTURAL DEFECT; STRUCTURAL STUDIES; X RAY FLUORESCENCE; X-RAY MICROANALYSIS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84978270141     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.07.023     Document Type: Article

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