Molecular changes in egg tempera paint dosimeters as tools to monitor the museum environment
By: Oscar Franciscus van den Brink.
Contributors: State University College at Buffalo. Dept. of Art Conservation.
Series: MOLART reports -- 4
Publisher: FOM-Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Amsterdam
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
ISBN-13: 9789080170469
Subjects: Painting -- Deterioration.; Painting -- Conservation and restoration.; Museum conservation methods -- Research.; Spectrum analysis.; Paint -- Analysis.
Other titles: Art Conservation Department Library
Description: Reports research on the principle of paint-based dosimetry of museum conditions. The idea was tested to use the physico-chemical response of egg tempera paint to its environment as an indicator of the environmental stress.
Notes: Art Conservation Department Library.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Universiteit van Amsterdam, 2001.

Includes bibliographical references.

Summary in Dutch.
Table of contents: title: Determination of the degree of chemical change in museum exposed test paintings by mass spectrometry and discriminant analysis; title: DTMS and DA of nine dosimetric test systems; title: Dosimetry of the environment in various museums: interpretation of the results of the field studies; title: Cholesterol oxidation products in light-aged egg tempera; title: MALDI-FTMS analysis of oxygenated triglycerides and phosphatidycholines in egg tempera dosimeters; title: Electrospray ionisation FT-ICR-MS(MS) of light-aged egg glycerolipids; title: Recommendations for further work on paint-based dosimetry and outlook.