The interfacing of measurement instrumentation to small computers for the purpose of online
data acquisition has now become standard practice in the modern laboratory. Computerized …

Abstract Fiber Optics Reflectance Spectroscopy (FORS) has been widely used in the field of
cultural heritage for material identification. Nevertheless, it had been rarely applied in the …

Chemistry is considered as the heart of preservation science. The archaeological objects
are an organic-inorganic system and need comprehensive techniques to investigate the …

This paper proposed a multianalytical, non-invasive, accessible and expensive (compared
to traditional ones) approach for the characterization of pictorial surfaces. A set of 18 …

Historical glass-based objects undergo, since the time of their manufacture, different
degradation phenomena that are related to their composition and to the environment to …

This paper describes a novel multi-modal approach to the technical study of vessel glass
based on a group of rare musical instruments: glass flutes and piccolos made by Claude …

The early identification of unstable glass objects in museum collections is essential for their
conservation, but as yet cannot be accomplished straightforwardly. Accordingly, this paper …

Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) provides high-resolution recording of the spectral information at
every spatial point (pixel) of an object throughout a contiguous range of wavelengths. This …

A totally non-destructive approach was employed to characterize beads from two Picene
necropolises (Novilara-PU and Crocefisso-Matelica-MC) dating back to between 9th and 6th …

Abstract The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History houses the
largest remaining collection of inter‐positive composite glass plate images from the …