Using absorption spectroscopy as a non-destructive tool for the study of silver-staining in glass: An operational flowchart to assign the technology parameters

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Abstract

There is a need to have a better understanding of the link between the recorded optical spectrum and the technology parameters of silver-staining. First, we have studied a collection of samples with known fabrication conditions. A benchmarking between the selected optical based non-destructive and destructive chemical-based methods, allowed us identifying the optical measures that match with the material properties. The latter include the penetration depth, the generated particle sizes and distributions. Also, the impact of the composition of the silver stain mixture, the absence or presence of a metal tin layer coating at the surface and the ionic iron con-centrations in the glass matrix were comprised. This research resulted in a flowchart scheme allowing us to give clues on the silver-staining technology via non-destructive means. Secondly, we explored the expandability of the proposed flow towards other glass families and concluded that it could hold for soda-lime, high-lime-low-alkali, and potash glass.
Original languageEnglish
Article number122066
Pages (from-to)1-13
Number of pages13
JournalJ. Non-Cryst. Solids
Volume602
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Feb 2023

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was funded by the Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO) , supported through contract no. BR/175/A3/FENESTRA and by the Vrije Universiteit Brussel's Methusalem Foundations’ project promoted by Prof Hugo Thienpont (OZRMETH4 - International Photonics Access and Research Centre (iPARC@VUB)) and the HOA15 project.

Funding Information:
This work was funded by the Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO), supported through contract no. BR/175/A3/FENESTRA and by the Vrije Universiteit Brussel's Methusalem Foundations’ project promoted by Prof Hugo Thienpont (OZRMETH4 - International Photonics Access and Research Centre (iPARC@VUB)) and the HOA15 project.The research leading to the described results was funded by the Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO) supported through contract no. BR/175/A3/FENESTRA, and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel's Methusalem Foundations’ project promoted by Prof. Dr. Ir. Hugo Thienpont (OZRMETH4 - International Photonics Access and Research Centre (iPARC@VUB)) and the HO15 project. The authors would like to express their gratitude to the Vrije Universiteit Brussel for supporting this research. We are thankful to Em. Prof. Dr. Joost Caen and Dr. Kristel De Vis (Department of Conservation/Restoration, University of Antwerp), Mr. Kenneth Leap, the Art & History Museum (Brussels, Belgium), the MAS-Vleeshuis museum (Antwerp) and the church wardens of the Church of Our Lady (Bruges) for providing access to the material. We wish to thank the curator of the flat glass collection of the Art & History Museum (Brussels) Dr. Valérie Montens. In addition, we are also very grateful to Adeline Vanryckel and Alain Carton for hosting us during the in-situ campaigns in the museum. In addition, we wish to thank the head of the research of the MAS museum Dr. Leen Beyers, the curator of the MAS | Collection Vleeshuis, Vera De Boeck, and the former curator of the MAS | Collection Vleeshuis, Annemie De Vos. We are also very grateful to Eva Meesdom, Morgane Pieters, Esther Humbeeck, and Christel Versmissen for hosting us during the in-situ campaigns in the museum warehouse. We are grateful to Dr. Ir. Bernard Gratuze for performing the LA-ICP-MS analysis IRAMAT Centre Ernest Babelon in Orléans (UMR5060, CNRS-Univ. Orléans, France) and to Dr. Helena Wouters (Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage KIK-IRPA, Belgium) for helping us with the LA-ICP-MS sample preparation. We also thank internship student Mr. Julien Bouchat (University of Namur, Belgium) for his contribution to the measurement campaign of sample set 2.

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Keywords

  • 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2022.122066

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