16. Protection of cultural heritage
Authors of the chapter: Delphine Neff, Johan Tidblad, David Watkinson,
Sabrina Grassini
The ubiquitous use of metals throughout our past makes their preservation
vital for the retention and study of our cultural heritage. Their
use in objects, tools, machinery and structures, from early times
to the modern day, explains their presence in all types of museum
collections, from archaeology through to modern day science museums
(figure
9
). To understand how metals have survived and explain the changes
they have undergone in various climates and contexts including burial
in soils, enclosure in tombs, marine immersion and exposure in atmosphere,
requires...
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