'Wax bloom' on beeswax cultural heritage objects: exploring the causes of the phenomenon
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F70979821%3A_____%2F15%3AN0000009" target="_blank" >RIV/70979821:_____/15:N0000009 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/61389013:_____/15:00445165 RIV/60461373:22310/15:43899487
Result on the web
<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/mrc.4244" target="_blank" >https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/mrc.4244</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mrc.4244" target="_blank" >10.1002/mrc.4244</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
'Wax bloom' on beeswax cultural heritage objects: exploring the causes of the phenomenon
Original language description
The term wax bloom is used to describe a thin whitish crystalline layer that develops on the surface of beeswax objects under specific conditions. This phenomenon is undesirable, especially in the cases of objects with aesthetic or informational value,such as wax sculptures or historical seals. A combination of solid-state NMR and FTIR measurements allowed to obtain fairly detailed insight into the problem and to suggest a probable mechanism of its development. Secondary crystallization of unsaturatedhydrocarbons from beeswax was determined as a primary cause. After the macroscopic solidification of beeswax from the melt, these molecules remain for months in a highly mobile, liquid-like state. This facilitates their diffusion to the surface, where they eventually crystallize, forming the wax bloom? effect. Although these results are of particular interest with respect to the conservation of beeswax artifacts, they are relevant to this material in general and help with understanding.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
20501 - Materials engineering
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2015
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry
ISSN
0749-1581
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
53
Issue of the periodical within the volume
7
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
5
Pages from-to
509-513
UT code for WoS article
000359801800004
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-84935011450