Sustainability in conservation practice

Silva, Megan De; Henderson, Jane

doi:10.1080/19455224.2011.566013

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“…The historical wood artifacts show different degrees of chemical and biological degradation that weakens the material resistance, and their physical and structural consolidation is essential in preserving these objects. The use of polymeric resins, which must have a good compatibility with the wood material and a high stability to environmental degradation, has an important contribution in the old wood objects consolidation [33][34][35][36]. The consolidation effect of the polymer resins is significantly improved by the nanodispersion in these solutions of mineral materials with reinforcing effect (especially metal oxides) [37].…”

Section: Historical Wood Artifacts Conservationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Polymeric Micro- and Nanosystems for Wood Artifacts Preservation

Ion¹,

Grigorescu²,

Iancu³

et al. 2018

New Uses of Micro and Nanomaterials

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The complex methods of diagnosis investigation of the wood artifacts state and proper materials for their protection against decay are very important goals in cultural heritage. This chapter focuses on the recent trends in micro-and nanostructured polymer systems for application in cultural heritage and on wood preservation, especially. The synthesis, properties, and applications, as well as the relevant analysis techniques to reveal the structures and properties of polymer systems, are discussed, too. To overcome the specific problems that exist for wood artifacts, some aspects should be treated: effects of the environmental factors, as moisture and pollutant absorption into the wood fibers, over-exposure effect of sun or artificial light sources, biological attack of different microorganisms, and the effects of the protective and decorative coatings.

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Section: Historical Wood Artifacts Conservationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Polymeric Micro- and Nanosystems for Wood Artifacts Preservation

Ion¹,

Grigorescu²,

Iancu³

et al. 2018

New Uses of Micro and Nanomaterials

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“…This scenario, unfortunately, fits with the role of conservators, who often employ in a confined workplace solvents such as xylene, toluene, isopropanol, ethanol, acetone, white spirit, turpentine [29]. Nevertheless, their dangerous repercussions are also visible on a vast scale in nature pollution and consequently global human health [30], thereby addressing the world of conservation to responsible greener solutions [31,32].…”

Section: Metal Care In Cultural Heritage: An Overviewmentioning

confidence: 82%

Biologically Derived Gels for the Cleaning of Historical and Artistic Metal Heritage

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In the general global rise of attention and research to seek greener attitudes, the field of cultural heritage (CH) makes no exception. In the last decades, an increasing number of sustainable and biologically based solutions have been proposed for the protection and care of artworks. Additionally, the safety of the target artwork and the operator must be kept as core goals. Within this scenario, new products and treatments should be explored and implemented in the common conservation praxes. Therefore, this review addressing metal heritage is aimed to report biologically derived gel formulations already proposed for this specific area as reliable tools for cleaning. Promising bio-gel-based protocols, still to be implemented in metal conservation, are also presented to promote their investigation by stakeholders in metal conservation. After an opening overview on the common practices for cleaning metallic surfaces in CH, the focus will be moved onto the potentialities of gel-alternatives and in particular of ones with a biological origin. In more detail, we displayed water-gels (i.e., hydrogels) and solvent-gels (i.e., organogels) together with particular attention to bio-solvents. The discussion is closed in light of the state-of-the-art and future perspectives.

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“…Among heritage professionals there is a nascent understanding of sustainability as a key issue and aim for conservation practice, e.g. [30]. There is however a tendency that sustainability as a theme is used to legitimize the actions of heritage professionals via a change in discourse, without profound changes of actual practice [29].…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 98%