The X-ray irradiation as disinfection treatment: the state-of-the-art
Cristina Cicero, Monia Vadrucci, Claudia Mazzuca, Leonardo Severini, Fulvio Mercuri, Ugo Zammit, Noemi Orazi
Abstract:
Collagen-based materials constitute a significant part of the archival and library heritage. Among all the animal skin-derived substrates, parchment was the principal writing support employed in the western world until the invention and diffusion of paper and printing. However, parchment can suffer biodeterioration processes if preserved under altered conditions. Recently, the possibility of using X-ray irradiation to respond to the demand for new effective and green methods for the mass disinfection of the archival and library heritage has opened up new and interesting perspectives. Different studies have been carried out to characterise eventually induced deterioration as well as the effectiveness of the irradiation treatment employed for disinfection purposes on different series of samples. In particular, modern parchment samples before and after the irradiation treatment, artificially aged parchment and historical and natural biodeteriorated parchment have been investigated after being exposed to the irradiation treatment.
In the present work, a brief review and some new results and perspective have been presented.
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DOI:
10.21014/tc4-ARC-2023.048
Event details
IMEKO TC:
TC4
Event name:
TC4 MetroArchaeo 2023
Title:

IMEKO TC4 International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage

Place:
Rome, ITALY
Time:
19 October 2023 - 21 October 2023
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