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- Title
Potash-lime-silica glass: protection from weathering.
- Authors
De Bardi, Monica; Hutter, Herbert; Schreiner, Manfred; Bertoncello, Renzo
- Abstract
Potash-lime silica glass was used for window panels in Europe north of the Alps in the medieval era. The high potassium and low silica content of this glass influences its chemical stability. When exposed to atmospheric conditions as well as acidic aqueous solutions, this type of glass can become hazy, foggy and/or flake phenomena can occur, which modify the original appearance of the artworks can occur. For proper conservation it is therefore necessary to understand the mechanisms of corrosion allowing for the selection of better conditions and treatments to slow down or avoid degradation. In previous works the applicability and the protective effect of a sol-gel silica coating on potash-lime-silica glass was tested in aqueous acidic solutions. With this work the previous results are integrated, investigating the protective effect against weathering and accelerated ageing. SEM analyses were performed to monitor the surface of the glass after accelerated ageing, in particular to detect the presence of corrosion products; moreover, ToF-SIMS analysis was performed to visualize the ion distribution as a function of depth and the presence of any changes due to the weathering treatment. The analyses showed that the formation of weathering products on the surface was slowed down significantly compared to the areas of the sample that were not coated with sol-gel. Different results were obtained depending on the glass composition.
- Subjects
FUSED silica; CHEMICAL weathering; DETERIORATION of materials; AQUEOUS solutions; CHEMICAL stability; SOL-gel processes; SCANNING electron microscopy; PREVENTION
- Publication
Heritage Science, 2015, Vol 3, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2050-7445
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s40494-015-0051-4