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Application of ATR-far-infrared spectroscopy to the analysis of natural resins

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This study proposes FTIR spectroscopy in the far-infrared region (FarIR) as an alternative method for the characterisation of natural resins. To this purpose, standards of natural resins belonging to four different categories (sesquiterpenic, i.e. elemi, shellac; diterpenic, i.e. colophony, Venice turpentine; diterpenic with polymerised components, i.e. copal, sandarac; triterpenic, i.e. mastic and dammar) used as paint varnishes have been analysed by FarIR spectroscopy in ATR mode. Discrimination between spectral data and repeatability of measurements have been magnified and verified using principal component analysis, in order to verify the effectiveness of the method in distinguishing the four resin categories. The same samples were analysed in the MidIR range, but the spectral differences between the different categories were not evident. Moreover, the method has been tested on historical samples from the painting “La Battaglia di Cialdiran” (sixteenth century) and from a gilded leather (seventeenth century). In the first case, FarIR spectroscopy allowed confirmation of the results obtained by analytical pyrolysis. In the latter, FarIR spectroscopy proved successfully, effective in the identification of the superficial resin layer that could not be detected with the bulk chromatographic analyses.

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Acknowledgements

Part of this research has been funded by the national project PRIN 08 “Setting up of diagnostic methodologies for the stratigraphical characterisation and spatial location of the organic components in artistic and archaeological polychrome works of art” and by the European project “CHARISMA” Cultural heritage Advanced Research Infrastructures: Synergy for a Multidisciplinary Approach to Conservation/Restoration, FP7 INFRASTRUCTURE n.228330.

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  1. Microchemistry and Microscopy Art Diagnostic Laboratory, University of Bologna, Via Guaccimanni 42, 48123, Ravenna, Italy

    Silvia Prati, Giorgia Sciutto & Rocco Mazzeo

  2. University of Bologna, CIRSA, via S. Alberto 163, 48123, Ravenna, Italy

    Cristian Torri & Daniele Fabbri

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Published in the special issue Analytical Chemistry for Cultural Heritage with Guest Editors Rocco Mazzeo, Silvia Prati, and Aldo Roda.

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Prati, S., Sciutto, G., Mazzeo, R. et al. Application of ATR-far-infrared spectroscopy to the analysis of natural resins. Anal Bioanal Chem 399, 3081–3091 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-010-4388-y

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