5265
Accession Number
5917
Title Of Article Chaper
Conservation of water-logged wooden materials from the Nara Palace site
Title Of Journal Book
International symposium on the conservation and restoration of cultural property: conservation of wood. Tokyo, Nara and Kyoto, 24-28 November 1977. Proceedings
Pages
49-58
Publisher
National research institute of cultural properties
Publisher City
Tokyo
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Monograph
Literature Level
Analytic
Meeting
International symposium on the conservation of wood
Meeting City
Tokyo
Abstract
Analysis of waterlogged wood. Problem of written wood tablets which are preserved by freeze drying after impregnation with polyethylene glycol in tertiary butanol. Normal PEG impregnation of other objects. Measurement of moisture absorption rate and expansion coefficient of treated samples. Both methods used are regarded as not completely satisfactory.
Keywords
Wood, waterlogged conservation; Wood, waterlogged examination; Wood, waterlogged freeze drying; Wood, waterlogged polyethylene glycol ICCROM
pub_id
5265
Meeting Date
19771124-19771128