Corrosion inhibitor testing in archaeological conservation

Metal objects from archaeological contexts often suffer serious damage by corrosion. Various methods for inhibiting corrosion have been developed, but their effects need to be evaluated. Here new research is described on how treatments to inhibit the corrosion of copper and copper-alloy artefacts ma...

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Main Author: Robert Faltermeier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UCL Press 1997-11-01
Series:Archaeology International
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Online Access:http://www.ai-journal.com/articles/220
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spelling doaj-0f2b7c6e833445fca54d6450dc1ea8262021-03-02T10:59:10ZengUCL PressArchaeology International1463-17252048-41941997-11-011495010.5334/ai.0115219Corrosion inhibitor testing in archaeological conservationRobert Faltermeier0UCL Institute of ArchaeologyMetal objects from archaeological contexts often suffer serious damage by corrosion. Various methods for inhibiting corrosion have been developed, but their effects need to be evaluated. Here new research is described on how treatments to inhibit the corrosion of copper and copper-alloy artefacts may be tested.http://www.ai-journal.com/articles/220MetalCorrosionCopper
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Corrosion inhibitor testing in archaeological conservation
Archaeology International
Metal
Corrosion
Copper
author_facet Robert Faltermeier
author_sort Robert Faltermeier
title Corrosion inhibitor testing in archaeological conservation
title_short Corrosion inhibitor testing in archaeological conservation
title_full Corrosion inhibitor testing in archaeological conservation
title_fullStr Corrosion inhibitor testing in archaeological conservation
title_full_unstemmed Corrosion inhibitor testing in archaeological conservation
title_sort corrosion inhibitor testing in archaeological conservation
publisher UCL Press
series Archaeology International
issn 1463-1725
2048-4194
publishDate 1997-11-01
description Metal objects from archaeological contexts often suffer serious damage by corrosion. Various methods for inhibiting corrosion have been developed, but their effects need to be evaluated. Here new research is described on how treatments to inhibit the corrosion of copper and copper-alloy artefacts may be tested.
topic Metal
Corrosion
Copper
url http://www.ai-journal.com/articles/220
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