Molecular studies of fresh and aged triterpenoid varnishes
By: Gisela Annabel van der Doelen.
Contributors: State University College at Buffalo. Dept. of Art Conservation.; MOLART (Project)
Series: MOLART reports -- 1
Publisher: MOLART
Published: 1999
Place of publication: [Amsterdam
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9789080170438
Subjects: Varnish and varnishing.; Painting -- Conservation and restoration.
Other titles: Art Conservation Department Library
Description: Focuses on the molecular aging process of the triterpenoid resins dammar and mastic, frequently used as picture varnishes.
Notes: Art Conservation Department Library.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Universiteit van Amsterdam, 1999.

Includes bibliographical references.

Text in English with Dutch summary.
Table of contents: title: Triterpenoid varnishes: the ageing process; title: Triterpenoid compounds in fresh dammar and mastic resin; title: Aged triterpenoid varnishes from paintings; title: Artificially light aged varnishes; title: Artificial ageing of varnish triterpenoids in solution; title: Mass spectrometric analysis of triterpenoids in dammar and mastic under EI and APCI conditions; title: Atlas of mass spectra of triterpenoid compounds in varnishes.