Works of art are often heterogeneous structures made up of different inorganic or organic materials, which may be of either natural or artificial origin. As a rule, they are not inert structures but frequently undergo ...

Summary of thesis: During the past decades there has been an increasing application of scientific analytical methods in the area of conservation of cultural heritage objects and to address art historical and archaeometric ...

Efflorescence and subflorescence are frequent phenomena occurring in buildings of porous inorganic materials such as bricks, stone, and concrete. Since the above phenomena have detrimental effects, they were the subject ...