1. Non-destructive Characterisation of Inks by Spectroscopy and Surface Analyses
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Manuel Lopes, Marie-Elizabeth Boutroue, Georges Zissis, Benoit Prochet, Christina Villeneuve-Faure, Patricia Roger-Puyo, LAboratoire PLasma et Conversion d'Energie (LAPLACE), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Lumière et Matière (LAPLACE-LM), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Diélectriques Solides et Fiabilité (LAPLACE-DSF), IRAMAT - Centre Ernest Babelon (IRAMAT-CEB), Institut de Recherches sur les Archéomatériaux (IRAMAT), Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbeliard (UTBM)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Université Bordeaux Montaigne-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbeliard (UTBM)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Université Bordeaux Montaigne-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre d'études supérieures de la Renaissance UMR 7323 (CESR), Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (MCC)-Université de Tours (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ANR, Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Bordeaux Montaigne-Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbeliard (UTBM)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Bordeaux Montaigne-Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbeliard (UTBM), and Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (MCC)-Université de Tours-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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Materials science ,Polymer science ,Atomic force microscopy ,010401 analytical chemistry ,010402 general chemistry ,[SHS.MUSEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Cultural heritage and museology ,01 natural sciences ,0104 chemical sciences ,Characterization (materials science) ,Non destructive ,Microscopy ,[SPI.OPTI]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Optics / Photonic ,Spectroscopy ,[SPI.SIGNAL]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Signal and Image processing ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS - Abstract
From the Middle Age to the XIX century, different types of inks exist in Europe with a shade from black to brown. Black inks are usually linked to iron gall inks made from metal salt and vegetable tannins. Knowledge the exact composition of the ink without deterioration of the document is essential to provide information on geographical and temporal origins. Different non-destructive methods are studied to authenticate documents, to analyse inks and to establish their identity. In this paper, we propose to combine different methods to characterization various ink properties: Fourier Transform InfraRed and Raman spectroscopy for chemical composition, with Atomic Force Microscopy and numerical microscopy for surface morphology. These non-destructive analyses were applied on ink samples made with ancient recipes with and without Alum and on Ancient document.
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- 2020