Organic Mass Spectrometry in Art and Archaeology

by Colombini, Maria Perla; Modugno, Francesca

• ISBN13: 9780470741917
• ISBN10: 0470741910
• Edition: 1st
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2009-10-26
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

• Offers an overview of the analysis of art and archaeological materials using techniques based on mass spectrometry
• Illustrates basic principles, procedures and applications of mass spectrometric techniques.
• Fills a gap in the field of application on destructive methods in the analysis of museum objects
• Edited by a world-wide respected specialists with extensive experience of the GC/MS analysis of art objects
• Such a handbook has been long-awaited by scientists, restorers and other experts in the analysis of art objects

Table of Contents

List of Contributors.

Acknowledgements.

Preface.

PART I INTRODUCTION.

1 Organic Materials in Art and Archaeology (Maria Perla Colombini and Francesca Modugno).

2 Overview of Mass Spectrometric Based Techniques Applied in the Cultural Heritage Field (Gianluca Giorgi).

PART II DIRECT MASS SPECTROMETRIC ANALYSIS.

3 Direct Mass Spectrometric Techniques: Versatile Tools to Characterise Resinous Materials (Erika Ribechini).

4 Direct Mass Spectrometry to Characterise Wax and Lipid Materials (Martine Regert).

5 GALDI-MS Applied to Characterise Natural Varnishes and Binders (Patrick Dietemann and Christoph Herm).

6 MALDI-MS Applied to the Analysis of Protein Paint Binders (Stepanka Kuckova, Radovan Hynek and Milan Kodicek).

PART III GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY.

7 GC/MS in the Characterization of Lipids (Maria Perla Colombini, Francesca Modugno and Erika Ribechini).

8 GC/MS in the Characterisation of Resinous Materials (Francesca Modugno and Erika Ribechini).

9 GC/MS in the Characterisation of Protein Paint Binders (Maria Perla Colombini and Gwenae¨lle Gautier).

10 SPME/GC-MS in the Characterisation of Terpenic Resins (Jean Bleton and Alain Tchapla).

11 Py-GC/MS of Organic Paint Binders (Ilaria Bonaduce and Alessia Andreotti).

12 Py-GC/MS of Natural and Synthetic Resins (Dominique Scalarone and Oscar Chiantore).

PART IV LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY.

13 Characterization of Organic Natural Dyes by Electrospray Mass Spectrometry Coupled with HPLC and/or Capillary Electrophoresis (Katarzyna Lech, Katarzyna Połec´-Pawlak and Maciej Jarosz).

PART V OTHER MS-BASED TECHNIQUES.

14 Compound-specific Stable Isotopes in Organic Residue Analysis in Archaeology (Richard P. Evershed).

15 ToF-SIMS Study of Organic Materials in Cultural Heritage: Identification and Chemical Imaging (Vincent Mazel and Pascale Richardin).

16 Accelerator Mass Spectrometry for ¹⁴C Dating (Mariaelena Fedi).

Index.