Abstract
AbstractThe most common way followed for the determination of degradation mechanisms of organic materials is the application of physiochemical methods after accelerated aging. In recent years, there has been a remarkable research activity towards the development of alternative decay determination methods in organic materials based on statistics. We first present a survey of European research projects in this area together with summaries of their results. Second, we describe the ongoing project entitled ‘Investigation of the environmental factor effects on organic materials constituting the natural and cultural heritage’ in which statistics plays a crucial role. In particular, we present a statistical methodology that is based on a designed experimental and inferential protocol which will guide the research throughout the project. By providing basic statistical and design concepts, we present guidelines to design statistical protocols that are necessary for scientifically sound quantitative experiments.
Highlights
A primary concern of a conservator is the safeguarding of the aesthetic, historical, structural and material integrity of the objects he/she conserves (E.C.C.O. 2002 [1])
The application of statistics in the cultural heritage area is very limited. To demonstrate that their adoption is important, we review in section “Review” the most important international research projects that investigate the effects of the influence of the indoor environmental factors on organic materials constituting cultural heritage
In section “INVENVORG Project: concept and objectives” we describe the ongoing project INVENVORG (Investigation of the environmental factor effects on organic materials constituting the natural and cultural heritage) which may be viewed as a pilot study for the research area of conservation sciences
Summary
A primary concern of a conservator is the safeguarding of the aesthetic, historical, structural and material integrity of the objects he/she conserves (E.C.C.O. 2002 [1]). In contrast to the inorganic materials of cultural heritage, organic materials have been subjected to less systematic research For this reason, in the framework of the research project INVENVORG, it has been planned to carry out the artificial aging of non treated organic materials (parchment, woolen textile, bone, wood and paper) under individual environmental factors such as temperature (T), relative humidity (RH), ultraviolet (UV) and visible radiation, sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx). In the framework of the research project INVENVORG, it has been planned to carry out the artificial aging of non treated organic materials (parchment, woolen textile, bone, wood and paper) under individual environmental factors such as temperature (T), relative humidity (RH), ultraviolet (UV) and visible radiation, sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) These factors were judged to be the most important.
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