Benefits of applying spectrometric techniques and chemometric methods to identify interaction between historic painting materials

This is the second paper belonging to a study concerning the authentication of ancient easel-paintings, on canvas and wood support, from private and public collections, by using the FT-IR spectrophotometry technique for the analysis of the painting materials. Different pigments, egg binders, caseins and animal glue, often found in ancient easel-paintings on wood or canvas, have been used as standards for establishing the ageing rate of the paintings by correlation with the dates presented in the first note. The determination of the degradation rate of the painting materials is an important archaeometric characteristic used in authentication.

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Multidisciplinary Investigations of a Double Sided Wooden Icon from Nicula Monastery, Romania

Revista de Chimie ◽

10.37358/rc.19.8.7420 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 70 (8) ◽

pp. 2747-2752

Author(s):

Constantin Marutoiu ◽

Ioan Bratu ◽

Mircea Gelu Buta ◽

Olivia Florena Nemes ◽

Sergiu Petru Timbus(Monk Siluan) ◽

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Keyword(s):

Fourier Transform ◽

Infrared Spectroscopy ◽

Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy ◽

Fourier Transform Infrared ◽

Spectroscopic Methods ◽

X Ray ◽

Painting Materials ◽

The Status

A two-sided wooden icon from a monastery in Transylvania was submitted for multidisciplinary investigations involving X-Ray Fluorescence, Radiographic Photographyand Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy. The most important part of the icon is St. Nicholas wooden icon, painted over forty years ago. The spectroscopic methods used revealed the painting materials composition, the status of the wooden stage, and the presence of resins as varnish (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy). On one side, the St Nicholasicon was painted over an old icon, St. Arch. Michael, which was evidenced by X-Ray Photography. The obtained data can serve for the preservation and the restoration of these wooden icons.

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Studies on the Behavior Some Paints in Electro-insulating Fluid Based on Vegetable Esters

Revista de Chimie ◽

10.37358/rc.18.5.6276 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 69 (5) ◽

pp. 1139-1144

Author(s):

Iosif Lingvay ◽

Adriana Mariana Bors ◽

Livia Carmen Ungureanu ◽

Valerica Stanoi ◽

Traian Rus

Keyword(s):

Structural Changes ◽

Oxidation Processes ◽

High Oleic ◽

Painting Materials ◽

Insulating Paper ◽

Different Types ◽

Mechanism And Kinetics ◽

Kinetics Of ◽

Natural Ester

For the purpose of using three different types of painting materials for the inner protection of the transformer vats, their behavior was studied under actual conditions of operation in the transformer (thermal stress in electro-insulating fluid based on the natural ester in contact with copper for electro-technical use and electro-insulating paper). By comparing determination of the content in furans products (HPLC technique) and gases formed (by gas-chromatography) in the electro-insulating fluid (natural ester with high oleic content) thermally aged at 130 �C to 1000 hours in closed glass vessels, it have been found that the presence the investigated painting materials lead to a change in the mechanism and kinetics of the thermo-oxidation processes. These changes are supported by oxygen dissolved in oil, what leads to decrease both to gases formation CO2, CO, H2, CH4, C2H4 and C2H6) and furans products (5-HMF, 2-FOL, 2 -FAL and 2-ACF). The painting materials investigated during the heat treatment applied did not suffer any remarkable structural changes affecting their functionality in the electro-insulating fluid based on vegetable esters.

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Quality evaluation of tugaksheeree samples by ATR-FTIR spectroscopy using multicomponent analysis

The Natural Products Journal ◽

10.2174/2210315510999200408125555 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Nikunj D. Patel ◽

Niranjan S. Kanaki

Keyword(s):

Principal Component Analysis ◽

Cluster Analysis ◽

Quality Evaluation ◽

Principal Component ◽

Hierarchical Cluster ◽

Attenuated Total Reflectance ◽

Chemometric Methods ◽

Total Reflectance ◽

Fingerprint Region ◽

Ftir Technique

Background: Numerous Ayurvedic formulations contains tugaksheeree as key ingredient. Tugaksheereeis the starch gained from the rhizomes of two plants, Curcuma angustifoliaRoxb. (Zingiberaceae) and Marantaarundinacea (MA) Linn. (Marantaceae). Objective: The primary concerns in quality assessment of Tugaksheeree occur due to adulteration or substitution. Method: In current study, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) technique with attenuated total reflectance (ATR) facility was used to evaluate tugaksheeree samples. Total 10 different samples were studied and transmittance mode was kept to record the spectra devoid of pellets of KBR. Further treatment was given with multi component tools by considering fingerprint region of the spectra. Multivariate analysis was performed by various chemometric methods. Result: Multi component methods like Principal Component Analysis (PCA), and Hierarchical Cluster Analysis (HCA)were used to discriminate the tugaksheeree samples using Minitab software. Conclusion: This method can be used as a tool to differentiate samples of tugaksheeree from its adulterants and substitutes.

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