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Use of FTIR-Microspectrometry in Examinations of Artistic and Historic Works

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2011

Mary T. Baker  and
David W. Von endt
Mary T. Baker
Affiliation:
Conservation Analytical Laboratory, Museum Support Center, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560
David W. Von endt
Affiliation:
Conservation Analytical Laboratory, Museum Support Center, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560
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Infrared Spectroscopy (IR) has traditionally been considered a “non-destructive” analysis method because it causes no chemical change to the sample, and the sample can be recovered for further analysis. However, physical changes are generally necessary for the sample to be introduced into the spectrometer: slicing, crushing, dissolving, melting, etc. In an art object or historical artifact, these sampling methods can be considered somewhat “destructive.”

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 123: Symposium L – Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology I , 1988 , 71
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1988

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