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Classifying degraded modern polymeric museum artefacts by their smell

Curran, K; Underhill, M; Grau-Bove, J; Fearn, T; Gibson, LT; Strlic, M; (2018) Classifying degraded modern polymeric museum artefacts by their smell. Angewandte Chemie 10.1002/anie.201712278. Gold open access

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Abstract

The use of VOC analysis to diagnose degradation in modern polymeric museum artefacts is reported. Volatile organic compound (VOC) analysis is a successful method for diagnosing medical conditions but to date has found little application in museums. Modern polymers are increasingly found in museum collections but pose serious conservation difficulties owing to unstable and widely varying formulations. Solid‐phase microextraction gas chromatography/mass spectrometry and linear discriminant analysis were used to classify samples according to the length of time they had been artificially degraded. Accuracies in classification of 50–83 % were obtained after validation with separate test sets. The method was applied to three artefacts from collections at Tate to detect evidence of degradation. This approach could be used for any material in heritage collections and more widely in the field of polymer degradation.

Type: Article
Title: Classifying degraded modern polymeric museum artefacts by their smell
Open access status: An open access publication
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201712278
Publisher version: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/an...
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. (CC BY 4.0).
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Statistical Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10042661
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