Copper and bronze in art : corrosion, colorants, conservation / David A. Scott.
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Los Angeles :
Getty Conservation Institute,
[2002]
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword / Timothy P. Whalen
- Ch. 1. Corrosion and Environment. The Anatomy of Corrosion. Some Historical Aspects of Copper and Corrosion. Pourbaix Diagrams and Environmental Effects. Copper in Contact with Organic Materials. The Metallography of Corroded Copper Objects. Corrosion Products and Pigments
- Ch. 2. Oxides and Hydroxides. Cuprite. Tenorite. Spertiniite. Conservation Issues
- Ch. 3. Basic Copper Carbonates. Malachite. Azurite. Formation of Copper Carbonates in Solution. Decomposition of Malachite and Azurite by Heat. Artificial Malachite and Azurite. Blue and Green Verditer. Mixed-Cation Copper Carbonates. Chalconatronite: A Sodium-Copper Carbonate
- Ch. 4. Chlorides and Basic Chlorides. The Copper Chlorides. Copper Chlorides and Bronze Disease. The Basic Copper Chlorides as Pigments. Other Basic Copper Chlorides
- Ch. 5. Basic Sulfates. Historical References to Copper Sulfates. The Basic Copper Sulfates. Environment and Corrosion. Case Studies of Exposed Bronzes. Sulfate Deposition in Burial Environments. Basic Sulfates as Pigments
- Ch. 6. Copper Sulfides. The Chemistry of Copper Sulfides. Corrosion Environments and Copper Sulfide Production. Copper Sulfides and Niello
- Ch. 7. Copper Phosphates and Copper Nitrates. The Copper Phosphates. Turquoise. The Copper Nitrate Minerals
- Ch. 8. Copper Silicates. Chrysocolla. Dioptase. Copper Silicates and Glasses. Egyptian Blue and Other Synthetic Copper Silicates. Han Blue and Han Purple: Synthetic Pigments from China
- Ch. 9. The Organic Salts of Copper. The Copper Formates. The Copper Acetates. Early Verdigris Recipes. The Copper Resinates. Organic Salts of Copper and Bronze Corrosion. Conservation Treatments. Copper Salts as Pigments
- Ch. 10. Copper as a Substrate for Paintings. Early Coatings and Fabrication Methods. Enamel on Copper
- Ch. 11. Some Aspects of Bronze Patinas. Changing Views of Bronze Patinas. Some Patina Variations. Patinas in the Renaissance. Patination during the Nineteenth Century. Two Detailed Studies of Patina and Corrosion. Some Finishes and Preserved Structures
- Ch. 12. Conservation Treatments for Bronze Objects. Understanding Treatment Histories. Some Past Conservation Treatments. Mechanical Cleaning. Chemical Cleaning Treatments. Cleaning Marine Finds. Repatination of Cleaned Surfaces. The Use of Corrosion Inhibitors. Coatings for Copper Alloys. Passive Stabilization. Nondestructive Testing. App. A. Some Aspects of the Chemistry of Copper and Bronze
- App. B. Recipes
- App. C. Some Copper Minerals and Corrosion Products
- App. D. X-Ray Diffraction Studies.