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3rd International Congress on Chemistry for Cultural Heritage

The 3rd edition of the International Congress on Chemistry for Cultural Heritage was held at the Institute of Science and Technology in Art, Vienna 1-5 July 2014. The research presented covered a broad range of topics in the context of chemistry related to cultural heritage, conservation science, conservation-restoration and preservation of cultural heritage.

All presenters were invited to contribute full papers based on the work being presented for publication in this themed series.

Editors: Prof. Manfred Schreiner, Dr Rita Wiesinger


  2. Content type: Research article

    In this study a conservation treatment of stone monuments meant for consolidation, protection, and inhibition of biofilm formation is proposed. The method is developed as a part of a systematic investigation a...

    Authors: Inez Dorothé van der Werf, Nicoletta Ditaranto, Rosaria Anna Picca, Maria Chiara Sportelli and Luigia Sabbatini

    Citation: Heritage Science 2015 3:29

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    Precious objects made of silver and/or its alloys tarnish and become black when exposed to ambient atmospheres containing moisture and ppb-amounts of H2S. Such objects usually contain small but variable amounts o...

    Authors: Patrick Storme, Olivier Schalm and Rita Wiesinger

    Citation: Heritage Science 2015 3:25

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    During the examination of two 19th century oil paintings by Swiss artists, the Reading pastor (ca. 1885) by Ferdinand Hodler (1853–1918) and Portrait of a young girl (ca. 1888) by Filippo Franzoni (1857–1911), it...

    Authors: Ester S B Ferreira, Danièle Gros, Karin Wyss, Nadim C Scherrer, Stefan Zumbühl and Federica Marone

    Citation: Heritage Science 2015 3:24

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  5. Content type: Research article

    Potash-lime silica glass was used for window panels in Europe north of the Alps in the medieval era. The high potassium and low silica content of this glass influences its chemical stability. When exposed to a...

    Authors: Monica De Bardi, Herbert Hutter, Manfred Schreiner and Renzo Bertoncello

    Citation: Heritage Science 2015 3:22

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  6. Content type: Research article

    Presented article summarizes the results of a broad-based survey on painting techniques used during the High and Late Gothic period in the Bohemian panel paintings located in the collections of the National Ga...

    Authors: Radka Šefců, Štěpánka Chlumská and Alena Hostašová

    Citation: Heritage Science 2015 3:16

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  7. Content type: Research article

    We describe a novel microscopy system which can obtain chemical maps from the surfaces of heritage metals in air or a controlled environment. The microscope, x-ray excited optical microscope Mk 1 (XEOM 1), for...

    Authors: Mark Dowsett, Matt Hand, Pieter-Jan Sabbe, Paul Thompson and Annemie Adriaens

    Citation: Heritage Science 2015 3:14

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  8. Content type: Research article

    In this paper, we used a multi-technique approach in order to identify the arsenic sulfide pigment used in the decorative panels of the Japanese tower in Laeken, Belgium. Our attention was drawn to this partic...

    Authors: Marc Vermeulen, Jana Sanyova and Koen Janssens

    Citation: Heritage Science 2015 3:9

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  10. Content type: Research article

    Research into paper artworks and the identification of drawing techniques dating from the 15th to the 19th century from the collection of Slovak National Gallery revealed that the most frequently used means of...

    Authors: Milena Reháková, Michal Čeppan, Katarína Vizárová, András Peller, Danica Stojkovičová and Monika Hricková

    Citation: Heritage Science 2015 3:8

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