Analytical Methods for the Environmental Degradation of Cultural Heritage

The course provides an introduction to instrumental techniques of chemical analysis and structural characterization of cultural heritage materials, focusing on the environmental effects on such materials and paying particular attention to experimental aspects and data interpretation. The aim of the course is therefore to make the student understand what compositional and structural information can be obtained from this type of investigations on the original materials and their degradation products.

Ability to interpret and use analytical information from the findings and possibility of intervention for conservative purposes.