Historical Wood: Structure, Properties and Conservation

• Other Authors: Broda, Magdalena (Editor), Hill, Callum (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: The arts; X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS); X-ray diffraction (XRD); dynamic vapor sorption (DVS); archaeological wood; wood conservation and preservation; piles; waterlogged wood; soft rot; decay; microscopy; degraded wood; silane; FT-IR; alkoxysilanes; wood-silane interactions; wood stabilisation; wood conservation; silane treatment; reliquary; electron microscopy; wood; restoration; halloysite nanotubes; Nanhai No. 1 shipwreck; waterlogged archaeological wood (WAW); wood properties; microbial composition; gap-fillers; gap-filling materials; wooden artefacts; wood exposed outdoors; microballoons; resins; glass beads; cellulose powder; binders; hygrothermal performance; timber buildings; cultural heritage; numerical simulations; monitoring and sensors; climate models; fungi identification; mold growth modelling; soda lignin; penetration; infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR); pyrolysis gas chromatography mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS); scanning electron microscopy (SEM); historical wood; wood degradation; artefact; heritage; conservation; cultural conservator; consolidation; sorption; degradation; drying; PEG; alum; reburial; in situ preservation; medieval shipwreck; charred wood; chemical analysis; EDS; FTIR; XRD; proximate analysis; PEG treatment; acetic acid; volatile emissions; GC-MS; marine archaeological wood; moisture content; polyethylene glycol; computational modelling; Mary Rose; predictive model; archaeological wooden structures; structural analysis; geodetic systems; drying process; heritage wood; sustainability; bio-based polymers; consolidants
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This book is a selection of manuscripts devoted to the conservation and preservation of wooden cultural heritage. The articles present the new methods for conservation of various historical wooden artefacts, reliable modern techniques for characterisation of the wood structure, properties and degree...