Rates of glass dissolution from laboratory and field studies are often considered to be
irreconcilable, although potential causes for the difference, such as solution saturation state …

Alteration zones of archeological glasses often show intriguing lamellar patterns in
backscattered electron images. Here, we report results of static glass corrosion experiments …

The durability of natural glasses on geological time scales and ancient glasses for
thousands of years is well documented. The necessity to predict the durability of high‐level …

The variation of refractive index (RI) over a non-toughened, float pane of glass and a
toughened, float pane of glass was investigated. The two panes of colourless, float glass …

Absorption spectroscopy is the technique that measures the absorption of radiation as a
function of wavelength, due to its interaction with the material. During a research project …

Amorphous silica-rich surface layers, also called gels, can passivate silicate glass and
minerals depending on environmental conditions. However, several uncertainties remain on …

The use of ultraviolet and visible diffuse reflectance spectrophotometry as a preliminary
technique in the investigation of illuminated manuscripts is discussed. Because ancient …

Abstract Several K-Ca-Si glass compositions typical of Central-European glassworks are
susceptible to damage beyond recall, even in mild museum conservative conditions. In …

Although a great deal is known about the interaction between water and rhyolitic glasses
and melts at temperatures above the glass transition, the nature of this interaction at lower …

The role of the organic pollutants formic acid, acetic acid and formaldehyde in the alteration
of unstable soda silicate glasses is examined through SIMS depth profiling of replica glass …