With the sharp increase in global energy demand, industrial and residential buildings are
responsible for around 40% of the energy consumed with most of this energy portion being …

Both conservation and intervention methods must be compatible with each other and
appropriate for the original building materials. Therefore, the characterization of historic …

Manganese is a chemical element used as a colourizer in glass industry since antiquity.
Combined with iron, manganese often plays the role of a decolourizer leading to uncoloured …

Earlier research has shown that several common late antique glass types circulate in Cyprus
between the fifth and the seventh century AD, specifically Levantine 1, HLIMT, HIMTa …

MA-XRF is a novel macroscopic imaging technique originally developed for easel paintings
and recently made available to glass conservators. This paper discusses the first real-life …

Civilized societies should safeguard their heritage as it plays an important role in community
building. Moreover, past technologies often inspire new technology. Authenticity is besides …

The purpose of this paper is to understand why manganese containing Roman glass could
be purple or colourless in spite of having very similar chemical compositions. The strategy …

The early modern period is mainly characterised by High Lime-Low Alkali (HLLA) glass, a
lime-rich glass made from plant or tree ashes, originating from 14th-century Germany and …

Vitrified high level nuclear waste matrices with Fe as network modifier often get associated
with lanthanides produced due to fission reactions within irradiated nuclear fuel. During its …

Borosilicate glass has been adopted internationally for the treatment of nuclear waste with
the object of long‐term stabilization through vitrification. Aiming to facilitate experimental …