Vibrational spectroscopy to study degradation of natural dyes. Assessment of oxygen-free cassette for safe exposition of artefacts

An important issue connected with conservation chemistry is how to improve the storage and exposure conditions in order to suppress the fading and degradation of dyes and other components of paintings. Although the oxygen-free exposure cassettes are commonly known in museums, there is still lack of...

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Published in:Analytical & bioanalytical chemistry (Print) 2011-03, Vol.399 (9), p.3271-3283
Main Authors: Koperska, Monika, Łojewski, Tomasz, Łojewska, Joanna
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alizarin
Analytical Chemistry
Biochemistry
Cassettes
Characterization and Evaluation of Materials
Chemistry
Chemistry and Materials Science
curcumin
Degradation
Dragon blood
Dyes
Exact sciences and technology
Food Science
hypoxia
Indigo
Laboratory Medicine
Madder
Mathematical analysis
Monitoring/Environmental Analysis
Natural dyes
Original Paper
Reflectance
Spectrometric and optical methods
Spectroscopy
Vibrational spectroscopy
X-ray fluorescence
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Summary:An important issue connected with conservation chemistry is how to improve the storage and exposure conditions in order to suppress the fading and degradation of dyes and other components of paintings. Although the oxygen-free exposure cassettes are commonly known in museums, there is still lack of information in the literature about the effect of anoxic conditions on the degradation of dyes. This study is an attempt to start a database formation on the dyes degradation. Five commercial dyes (indigo, dragon's blood, curcumin, madder, carminic acid) were submitted to accelerated ageing by exposure to intensive light in the visible range in both oxygen-free (anoxia) and -rich conditions. Degradation of the samples was investigated by several analytical techniques (attenuated total reflectance infrared spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, reflectance UV-Vis spectroscopy, X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy and optical microscopy). The conclusions are based on the estimators (derived from the determination of colour differences from Vis spectra and from the changes in FTIR and Raman vibrational bands intensity). According to them, only indigo, dragon's blood and curcumin show greater stability in anoxic conditions in comparison with oxygen-rich ones while madder, carminic acid undergo greater degradation. [graphic removed]
ISSN:1618-2642
1618-2650
DOI:10.1007/s00216-010-4460-7