The best preservation decisions are based on first-hand knowledge. NCPTT is creating new technology-based information for people active in hands-on preservation and conservation.
NCPTT contributed its first-hand knowledge to the Department of Defense in 2009. Recently, the DOD wished to establish a series of standard rehabilitation treatments for better management of its built heritage. Initial drafts [...]
In this episode, Jason Church speaks with Curtis Deselles, an intern with the Materials Research program at NCPTT, discusses the use of eddy currents and eddy current technology in conservation science. Mr. Deselles has built several eddy current analyzers, custom software, and presented on this topic at a non-destructive conference in St. Louis.
NCPTT has been using eddy current technology in preservation and will be bringing this tool to the iPhone platform in 2010. Download Episode 8 as an mp3 or subscribe via iTunes.
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Eddy current testing methods were used to characterize model gilding layers on bronzes and to make measurements on gilded bronze objects in the Freer Gallery of Art.
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