General Considerations / Evangelia A. Varella -- Separation Techniques / Catherine Vieillescazes, Isabel Sierra -- Identification Techniques I / Ioannis A. Kozaris, Eleni Pavlidou -- Identification Techniques II / Giovanni Ettore Gigante, Stefano Ridolfi -- Applying the Techniques on Materials I / Turkan Yurdun, Emre Dolen, Recep Karadag -- Applying the Techniques on Materials II / Nick Schiavon, Vasilios Melfos
Summary
Conservation Science is a rather innovative application of instrumental analysis with steadily increasing importance. Although the first attempts for preserving material from the cultural heritage on a scientific basis are found in the 19th century pioneer chemistry years, only the use of sophisticated physicochemical techniques results in effective identification and deterioration studies of monuments and objects, and in reliable intervention procedures. This volume allows us to gain solid knowledge and improved skills on the ways separation schemes and diagnostic methodologies are applied in
