Code
01B05418
Duration
01 June 2018 → 31 May 2021
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Analytical spectrometry
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Humanities and the arts
- Geoarchaeology
- Theory and methodology of archaeology not elsewhere classified
- Other history and archaeology not elsewhere classified
Keywords
Archaeometry
non-destructive analysis
pigment analysis
binder analysis
paint degradation
Project description
Raman spectroscopy is well-suited for pigment analysis. Typically, this approach suffers interferences caused by fluorescence (prompted by varnish layers, binders, degradation products). By using an infrared laser it is feasible to study organic compounds and simultaneously avoid fluorescence. This proposal includes mobile Raman instrumentation with different lasers, adapted stages and lenses with long working distances, developed for archaeometrical research.