Ash wood and European hazel conservation with polyethylene glycol 400 using vacuum freeze drying

• Authors: Małgorzata Grupa , Ryszard Kaźmierczak , Krzysztof Rybka , Przemysław Płóciennik , Anna Zawadzka

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Konserwacja jesionu i leszczyny poliglikolem etylenowym 400 z wykorzystaniem suszenia próżniowego

• Languages of publication: EN PL

Abstracts

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The article presents results of the research, performed on samples of waterlogged archaeological wood: ash wood and European hazel. The preservation process was carried out using 15% and 30% of PEG 400. The consolidation process was stabilized by freeze-drying method. Next, the samples’ hardness was tested by Janka’s method.

Keywords

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archaeological wood; freeze-drying; Janke’s method

• Publisher: Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Sprawozdania Archeologiczne
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 64
• Pages: 411– 430

Contributors

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Małgorzata Grupa

• Institute of Archaeology, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Szosa Bydgoska st. 44/48, 87-100 Toruń, Poland

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Ryszard Kaźmierczak

• Institute of Archaeology, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Szosa Bydgoska st. 44/48, 87-100 Toruń, Poland

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Krzysztof Rybka

• Institute of Archaeology, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Szosa Bydgoska st. 44/48, 87-100 Toruń, Poland

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Przemysław Płóciennik

• Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Grudziądzka st. 5, 87-100 Toruń, Poland

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Anna Zawadzka

• Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Grudziądzka st. 5, 87-100 Toruń, Poland