The present work was one of the first attempts to analyze the conservation status of two ferrotypes, ancient photographic plates realized on a support made of iron. The photographic material was constituted of collodion as binder for the photosensitive silver halides grains. The two ferrotypes studied belonged to a private collection of a family from Durham, UK, and were made at the end of the 19th century. The analytical techniques used for the morphological and physicochemical characterization were noninvasive. The surface morphology was studied by means of optical microscopy (OM) and environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM) coupled with an energy dispersive X-rays (EDX) system for the elemental analysis. These techniques, together with microreflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (mu-FTIR) and contact angle, allowed to obtain information on both the chemical - elemental - composition of the materials constituting the ferrotypes, and the conservation status of these photographic plates. The study showed that the physicochemical diagnostics allowed to characterize the two ferrotypes that, despite their similar age and provenance, showed different conservation status, surface properties, and elemental composition. (C) 2009 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
Noninvasive physicochemical characterization of two 19th century english ferrotypes / Emiliano Carretti; Marco Milano; Luigi Dei; Piero Baglioni. - In: JOURNAL OF CULTURAL HERITAGE. - ISSN 1296-2074. - STAMPA. - 10:(2009), pp. 501-508. [10.1016/j.culher.2009.02.002]
Noninvasive physicochemical characterization of two 19th century english ferrotypes
Emiliano Carretti;Luigi Dei;Piero Baglioni
2009
Abstract
The present work was one of the first attempts to analyze the conservation status of two ferrotypes, ancient photographic plates realized on a support made of iron. The photographic material was constituted of collodion as binder for the photosensitive silver halides grains. The two ferrotypes studied belonged to a private collection of a family from Durham, UK, and were made at the end of the 19th century. The analytical techniques used for the morphological and physicochemical characterization were noninvasive. The surface morphology was studied by means of optical microscopy (OM) and environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM) coupled with an energy dispersive X-rays (EDX) system for the elemental analysis. These techniques, together with microreflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (mu-FTIR) and contact angle, allowed to obtain information on both the chemical - elemental - composition of the materials constituting the ferrotypes, and the conservation status of these photographic plates. The study showed that the physicochemical diagnostics allowed to characterize the two ferrotypes that, despite their similar age and provenance, showed different conservation status, surface properties, and elemental composition. (C) 2009 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.I documenti in FLORE sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.