X-ray Absorption Near Edge Structure (XANES) experiments were performed at the O-, Na-,
Al-, and Si K-edges in sodium silicate and aluminosilicate glasses with a NBO/T (non …

The control of humidity between certain limits is essential to avoid the alteration of historical
objects, such as unstable historical glasses. However, the usual limits can be altered due to …

Samples of polished optical glass were exposed under varying conditions, and the optical
systems of instruments in use and in storage were studied. Two general types of change in …

Fluoride‐containing bioactive glasses and glass‐ceramics in the SiO2‐P2O5‐CaO‐CaF2
system are of great interest for dental applications, where the precipitation of fluorapatite …

Potash–lime silicate (K2O–CaO–SiO2) glass dated to the Warring States Periods is one of
the earliest glass types that have been found in China, but scientific research about this type …

Historic glasses can be altered in the presence of inorganic pollutants, such as CO2, SO2, or
NO2, but also, by the volatile organic compounds emitted by the museum cabinets. Among …

We have investigated the alteration behavior of synthetic basalt and SRL 165 borosilicate
waste glasses that had been reacted in water vapor at 70° C for time periods up to seven …

Raman microscopy (RM) is widely used in archaeometrical studies of pigments,
geomaterials and biomaterials in the Cultural Heritage, but one domain has received …

We have detected hazardous and toxic chemicals such as chlorinated hydrocarbons and
benzene and its derivatives using evanescent wave spectroscopy with in‐house drawn …

Two samples of decorated stained glass (14th century and 19th century) from Southwell
Minster, Nottinghamshire, UK have been examined with the use of Fourier transform (FT) …