| AVS 61st International Symposium & Exhibition | |
| Conservation Studies of Heritage Materials Focus Topic | Thursday Sessions |
| Session CS-ThM |
| Session: | Conservation Studies of Heritage Materials |
| Presenter: | Barbara Shollock, Imperial College, London |
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Heritage conservation is an ever-growing discipline, fuelled by factors such as environmental pollution, and the issues surrounding conservation are not always clear. Defining the conservator’s needs and the information required to address them can stimulate scientists to apply analytical techniques to new and unconventional challenges.
In this presentation, we will review some of the key issues faced in heritage conservation and the boundaries imposed by the ethics of conservation. Understanding these ethical considerations can guide the dialogue between conservator and analytical scientist to form a research approach that can satisfy both the scientific questions and the ethics of conservation. The application of electron and ion beam techniques will be considered in terms of conservation studies, and case studies will be used to illustrate the advantages and limitations of these techniques.