Open AccessContribution of Adsorption Phenomena to the Degradation Study of Marble Statues in the Archaeological Museum of Philippi, Greece
Author(s) -
Vithleem Floropoulou,
T. Agelakopoulou,
E. Metaxa,
Chaido-Stefania Karagianni,
F. RoubaniKalantzopoulou
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
adsorption science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 2048-4038
pISSN - 0263-6174
DOI - 10.1260/026361709789868866
Subject(s) - chemistry , adsorption , archaeology , degradation (telecommunications) , mineralogy , geography , organic chemistry , engineering , telecommunications
A description is provided of the contribution of time-resolved analysis in understanding adsorption phenomena and its contribution to an examination of the overall degradation mechanism of authentic marble pieces brought about by air pollution. As a consequence, a scientific answer has been provided to the question ""how are materials of cultural heritage affected by air pollution?"" The use of reversed-flow inverse gas chromatography (RF-IGC) has allowed the determination of important local physicochemical quantities relating to the influence of three light hydrocarbons, either in the presence or absence of sulphur dioxide. A detailed analysis of the results as well as a correlation study is given