knowledge of the analytical techniques commonly used in cultural heritage conservation and their possible application in this field
Prerequisites
knowledge of the principles of chemistry and of the basic analytical chemistry
Courses required: none
Courses recommended: none
Teaching Methods
lectures and laboratory lessons
Further information
Frequency of lectures, practice and lab: Highly recommended
Type of Assessment
oral
Course program
-Chemistry for Cultural Heritage: introduction to the materials of interest in the field of Cultural Heritage and to the most important pictorical and artistic techniques. Pigments, binding media (polysaccharides, proteins and siccative oils), terpenic resins
-Preparation and analysis of cross sections
-Conservation strategies in the frame of a restoration workshop
-Sampling strategie: invasive, micro-invasive and not-invasive sampling
ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN THE FIELD OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
-Optical microscopy
-Color analysis
-Infrared spectoscopy (FTIR)
-Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) coupled with X ray energy dispersion microprobe (EDX)
-Cheromatographic analysis and mass spectrometry
-Analysis through mass spectrometry of secondary ions with time-of-flight analyser (TOF-SIMS)
-X ray diffraction (XRD) and X ray fluorescence (XRF)
-Dating through radiocarbon analysis
The description of the above mentioned techniques will be accompained with applicative examples on real artifacts and real restoration workshops and by some lab demonstrative experiences where some real samples will be analyzed