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Cleaning with Laser Radiation on Istria Stone

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

Pagona Maravelaki
Affiliation:
Dipartmento di Scienze Ambientali, Università di Venezia, Calle Larga S. Marta 2137, 1-30123, Italy
G. Biscontin
Affiliation:
Dipartmento di Scienze Ambientali, Università di Venezia, Calle Larga S. Marta 2137, 1-30123, Italy
E. Zendri
Affiliation:
Dipartmento di Scienze Ambientali, Università di Venezia, Calle Larga S. Marta 2137, 1-30123, Italy
R. Polloni
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Chimica-Fisica, Università di Venezia, Calle Larga S. Marta 2137,1-30123, Italy
W. Cecchetti
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Chimica-Fisica, Università di Venezia, Calle Larga S. Marta 2137,1-30123, Italy
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Abstract

Cleaning treatments necessary for stone conservation consist of removing compounds that were superimposed on the original material by means of physico-chemical processes.,The purpose of this work is to identify the transformation of stone surface by the LASER treatment. Cleaning test on Istria stone with LASER radiation at different energies and in different regimes have been performed. The depletion of the original material has been evaluated by means of SEM microprobe analyses.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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