Improvements in bones and stones consolidating processes by vacuum system method
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Published on: May 17, 2018
Luigi Campanella1, Francesca Grimaldi1, Riccardo Angeloni1
1Department of Chemistry, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Abstract:
The degradation of materials commonly starts on the surface of the object and proceeds towards inside through pores, increasing fractures and lesions. To restore mechanical and aesthetic characteristics, it is necessary by the application of consolidants to fill these weak points so that they become inaccessible to corrosive agents. Greater is the amount of consolidant that penetrates, greater the efficiency of the restoration. This is the limiting factor of many approaches which due to very tight pores result not fully successful. The consolidation under vacuum can help to pass these difficulties. So we have adopted it to restore Macco samples and tested to consolidate archaeological bones. The samples were consolidated by complete immersion under vacuum (-700 mm Hg), in a consolidant solution containing 8% w/V of diammonium phosphate. The success of the application to both the kind of samples is shown by microscope images, SEM-EDAX analysis, and weight variation.
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