Corrosion and metal artifacts
Subtitle: a dialogue between conservators and archaeologists and corrosion scientists
By: edited by B. Floyd Brown ... [et al.] ; sponsored by National Bureau of Standards ... [et al.].
Contributors: Brown, B. F. 1920-; United States. National Bureau of Standards.
Series: NBS special publication ; 479; NBS special publication ;; 479.
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
Published: 1977
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
Subjects: Corrosion and anti-corrosives -- Congresses.; Antiquities -- Collection and preservation -- Congresses.; Art objects -- Conservation and restoration -- Congresses.
Description: Electrochemical corrosion and reduction / Marcel Pourbaix -- Corrosion product characterization / N. A. Nielsen -- Principles of gaseous reduction of corrosion products / C. Ernest Birchenall and Russell A. Meussner -- Some brief remarks on electrochemical reduction / Jerome Kruger -- Measures for preventing corrosion of metals / R. T. Foley -- A review of the history and practice of patination / Phoebe Dent Weil -- The production of artificial patination on copper / D. C. Hemming -- Beta iron oxide hydroxide formation in localized active corrosion of iron artifacts / F. Zucchi, G. Morigi, and V. Bertolasi -- The current status of the treatment of corroded metal artifacts / R. M. Organ -- Some constructive corrodings / Cyril Stanley Smith -- Conservation of rusty iron objects by hydrogen reduction / L. Barkman -- Restoration of large gilded statues using various electrochemical and metallurgical techniques / Fielding Ogburn, Elio Passaglia, Harry C. Burnett, Jerome Kruger, and Marion L. Picklesimer -- Problems of retrieval and retention of artifacts in field excavations / W. Trousdale.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.