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NCPTT prepares for the next inland oil spill
Spotlight on NCPTT Research
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2020/08/24
Gravestones Bite the Dust
Graphic Story: Hot Gravestones + Cold Water = Ruinous Damage
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Some Surprises: Research on Anti-graffiti Coatings for Marble
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2016/11/18
Research on Sacrificial Anti-graffiti Coatings for Marble
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2016/10/13
Continuing Research on Chelating Agents for Stain Removal on Marble.
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Anna Funke
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2016/10/07
Petrography for Archeologists
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Sean Clifford
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NCPTT Launches Building Stone Database
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2015/09/08
The Challenges of Treating Delaminating Slate Headstones: New Treatments with New Materials
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2014/12/10
Testing the Use of Medical Chelating Agents to Remove Iron Stains on Marble
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2014/08/18
Abrasive Cleaning of Grave Markers
Answering Questions About Cleaning With Powertools
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2014/07/24
Calculating the Weight of Stone
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Jason Church
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2012/12/18
Petrographic Analysis for Conservation
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Jason Church
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2012/11/15
Highlights from the 12th Stone Congress — Part II
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2012/10/29
NCPTT Research at International Stone Congress
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2012/10/24
Highlights from the 12th Stone Congress
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2012/10/23
Greetings from the 12th International Congress on the Deterioration and Conservation of Stone, New York
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2012/10/23
Petrographic Analysis for Conservation
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Jason Church
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2012/03/01
ICRI Preservation Engineering Convention, Quebec City, April, 2012
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Hands-on Workshops: Terra Cotta, Stone Repair, and Repointing, February 22-23, 2012
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Nanotechnology and Materials Testing: Using Nanoparticles to Tag Consolidant to Determine Depth of Penetration (2011-05)
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Limpieza Básica para Monumentos (2007-01)
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Jason Church
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Best Practice Recommendations for Cleaning Government-Issued Marble Headstones (2011-17)
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2011/07/21
Web-Accessible Training in Thin-Section Petrography of Cultural Materials (2010-05)
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International Stonework Workshop and Symposium, 5-14 January 2011
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NCPTT, Southern Miss and Hybrid Plastics Collaborate to Study Stone Strengtheners (Podcast 26)
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New National Science Foundation Grant Enables NCPTT to Advance Stone Treatments
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Jason Church
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2010/09/23
Deadline: Call for Presentations for the Nationwide Cemetery Preservation Summit
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Jason Church
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2009/03/31
Building Dry Stone Retaining Walls (2002-06)
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‘Make it Better than it Was’: Poor Design and New Problems in Cemetery Restoration
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2009/02/16
Mechanical Anchor Strength in Stone Masonry (2008-05)
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Smithsonian workshop to feature NCPTT research
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2009/02/01
Development of a Rapid Indicator of Biodeterioration of Historic Stone (2008-09)
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2008/12/31
Resetting a Stone Grave Marker (2007-02)
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Retaining America’s Dry Stone Heritage (2002-05)
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Walls of Stone: How to Build Drystone Walls and Rock Fences (1996-01)
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Interactions Between Air Pollution and Limestone
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2008/08/01
Materials Research Hosts Four Summer Interns
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2008/05/23
New England Cemetery Monument Conservation Workshop: October 7-9, 2008
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2008/04/23
NCPTT Installs FTIR Spectrometric Microscope to Analyze Cultural Materials
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2008/02/18
Development of a Rapid Indicator of Biodeterioration of Historic Stone
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Stone Wall Repair Workshop: Ellsworth Rock Gardens (2007-08)
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Cleaning a Stone Grave Marker (2007-01)
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Telnet: Essentials in Cemetery Monument Care
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2007/01/02
Preservation in Your Community
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Improved Sol-Gel Consolidants for Stone (2002-24)
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Review of the Literature on the Topic of Acidic Deposition on Stone (1998-09)
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Physical and Chemical Process Of Soiling and Washoff at the Cathedral Of Learning (1998-11)
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Deterioration and Preservation of Porous Stone Royal Presidio Chapel, Monterey, California (1996-04)
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