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Thermal analysis of new, artificially aged and archival linen

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The thermal degradation of new, and artificially aged fine Ulster linen and archival linen specimens from 19th century paintings were compared using thermogravimetric analysis and differential scanning calorimetry. Thermal degradation data from new and artificially aged linen were found to be similar in nature. Archival specimens showed a decreased major degradation temperature, an increase in char remaining at the end of the experiment and some evidence of a depressed glass transition temperature. These indicate natural ageing through chain scission. Evidence of a two-stage degradation process was observed in some archival specimens suggesting that an unknown additive was present.

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  1. Clothing and Textile Sciences/Ngā Pūtaiao Pūeru, University of Otago/Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo, Dunedin/Ōtepoti, New Zealand/Aotearoa

    D. J. Carr

  2. School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Birkbeck College, University of London Chemistry Department, 20 Gordon St., London, UK

    M. Odlyha & N. Cohen

  3. Conservation Unit, University of Northumbria, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK

    A. Phenix

  4. Mechanical Engineering Department, Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, University of London, London, UK

    R. D. Hibberd

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Carr, D.J., Odlyha, M., Cohen, N. et al. Thermal analysis of new, artificially aged and archival linen. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 73, 97–104 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025129407200

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