Analytical Techniques and Heritage Diagnosis

Objectives

- Recognize the importance of analytical techniques in the study and preservation of industrial and scientific heritage (knowledge of materials, manufacturing techniques, marks of use, technological, scientific, and industrial development).

- Understand the main analytical techniques used for the study of industrial and scientific heritage, as well as their operating principles and information provided by these techniques.

General characterization

Code

13099

Credits

6.0

Responsible teacher

Marta Cunha Monteiro Manso de Almeida Sampaio

Hours

Weekly - Available soon

Total - Available soon

Teaching language

Português

Prerequisites

Bachelor

Bibliography

A. Badcock, A. Lines, Science for Historic Industries: Guidelines for the investigation of 17th - 19th century industries, English Herit. (2006) 12–13.

 I. Tissot, M. Manso, Industrial heritage: new paradigms for new conservation challenges, in Current Approaches, Solutions and Practices in Conservation of Cultural Heritage, Eds.               G. Emre, A. Yılmaz, P. Pogliani, G. Ildız, R. Fausto, Chapter 8, 155-172, Istanbul University Press, 2023. ISBN: 978-605-07-1592-7, DOI :10.26650/B/AA9PS34.2024.006.006.

Teaching method

Available soon

Evaluation method

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Subject matter

- The constitution of matter.

- Waves.

- The electromagnetic spectrum.

- Interaction of radiation with matter.

- Analytical techniques for material characterisation (XRF, FTIR and Raman spectroscopies; SEM-EDS, XRD, IBA)

- Analytical techniques for structure and mechanisms characterisation (radiography,  thermography, magnetoscopy, ultrasound tests, vibration analysis).

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