Temperature- and humidity-induced changes in alum-treated wood: a qualitative X-ray diffraction study

Abstract Alum-treated wooden artefacts suffer from extreme deterioration, and the stability of these objects and the salts they contain to variations in climate conditions is an important issue. Responses of potassium alum (KAl(SO4)2·12H2O), ammonium alum (NH4Al(SO4)2·12H2O), potassium bisulfate (KH...

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Main Authors: Caitlin M. A. McQueen, Calin C. Steindal, Olga Narygina, Susan Braovac
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-11-01
Series:Heritage Science
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40494-018-0232-z