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Conserving Iron Objects from Shipwrecks: A New Approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

Herman A. Smith
Herman A. Smith*
Affiliation:
Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History, 1900 N. Chaparral, Corpus Christi, Texas 78401
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Abstract

Recent experiments in the conservation of iron objects from several shipwrecks have resulted in a new method to arrest corrosion and stabilize the materials for further study or exhibition. The process involves the use of electrolysis and the application of a tannin preparation to neutralize the generation of iron-destructive compounds.

Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 185: Symposium G – Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology II , 1990 , 761
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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