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Often archaeological ironwork is covered by a thick corrosion layer. In many cases the corrosion crust exceeds the volume of the original ironwork several times. In order to expose the original topography, containing several information about the former manufacturing process, recently the laser gained increasing interest. Investigations were carried out by a novel Nd:YAG-Laser with frequency multiplying (1064 nm, 532 nm, 355 nm, 266 nm). It has turned out that the combination of conventional cleaning methods (for coarse removal of corrosion crusts) with Nd:YAG-Laser technique (for fine removal) opens new possibilities in restoration of strongly corroded archaeological iron work.
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Dickmann, K., Hildenhagen, J., Studer, J., Müsch, E. (2005). Archaeological Ironwork: Removal of Corrosion Layers by Nd:YAG-Laser. In: Dickmann, K., Fotakis, C., Asmus, J.F. (eds) Lasers in the Conservation of Artworks. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 100. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27176-7_9
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