Hostname: page-component-84b7d79bbc-g7rbq Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-07-27T15:19:06.512Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Atomic Oxygen Treatment Technique for Removal of Smoke Damage From Paintings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

S.K. Rutledge  and
B.A. Banks
S.K. Rutledge
Affiliation:
NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH 44135, Sharon.K.Rutledge@LeRC.NASA.GOV
B.A. Banks
Affiliation:
NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH 44135, Sharon.K.Rutledge@LeRC.NASA.GOV
Get access

Abstract

Soot deposits that can accumulate on surfaces of a painting during a fire can be difficult to clean from some types of paintings without damaging the underlying paint layers. A non-contact technique has been developed which can remove the soot by allowing a gas containing atomic oxygen to flow over the surface and chemically react with the soot to form carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide. The reaction is limited to the surface, so the underlying paint is not touched. The process can be controlled so that the cleaning can be stopped once the paint surface is reached. This paper describes the smoke exposure and cleaning of untreated canvas, acrylic gesso, and sections of an oil painting using this technique. The samples were characterized by optical microscopy and reflectance spectroscopy.

Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 462: Symposium DD – Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology V , 1996 , 369
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

REFERENCES

1. de la Rie, E.R., Analytical Chemistry, 61, 21 (Nov. 1, 1989).Google Scholar
2. Feller, R.L., Stolow, N., Jones, E.H., On Picture Varnishes and Their Solvents, National Gallery of Art: Washington, D.C., 1985, pp 47–116.Google Scholar
3. Banks, B., et al. NASA/SDIO Space Environmental Effects on Materials Workshop, 1988, NASA Conference Publication 3035, pp 197–239.Google Scholar
4. Banks, B., Rutledge, S., Proceedings of the Fourth European Symposium on Spacecraft Materials in Space Environment, CERT, Toulouse, France, Sept. 6–9, 1988, pp 371–392.Google Scholar
5. Banks, B., et al. Proceedings of the 18th Annual Symposium on Applied Vacuum Science and Technology, 1989, NASA TM-101971.Google Scholar