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Communication Dans Un Congrès Année : 2004

Lasers Cleaning of Patrimonial Plasters

Nathalie Huet
Armand Vincotte
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The use of the lasers Q-switched Nd:YAG to remove the dust of the stone monuments especially sculpture gradually replaces the more abrasive technique of sandblasting. This tendency made us consider the lasers as solution for the cleaning of ceramics and the plasters. Indeed in museums, these materials are often covered with dirty mark (dust, grease, etc.) which is difficult to remove without damaging the object. This paper deals with the impact of different types of lasers (Nd:YAG first and third harmonic) irradiation on plaster and with the effects on its morphology and its crystallography. Plaster is an interesting material because of its typical acicular crystals altered at low temperature. That is why synthesis samples were prepared, constrained in temperature then analysed by various processes (SEM, XRD, TGA. . . ). These results were compared with samples cleaned by laser. That enabled us to conclude that plasters cleaned by UV-laser (third harmonic of the Nd:YAG) underwent neither yellowing, nor morphological or crystallographic changes. It has to be opposed to the intense yellowing, and sometimes morphological destruction, which appears with an infrared wavelength (first harmonic of the Nd:YAG).
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hal-00935184 , version 1 (12-03-2014)

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Eric Tanguy, Nathalie Huet, Armand Vincotte. Lasers Cleaning of Patrimonial Plasters. Lasers in the Conservation of Artworks (LACONA V), Dec 2004, Osnabrück, Germany. pp.125-132, ⟨10.1007/3-540-27176-7_15⟩. ⟨hal-00935184⟩
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