Viaduct, a communication tool for scientific analysis in heritage

a communication tool for scientific analysis in heritage

Viaduct has been a research conducted by DIADRASIS with main aim was the creation of comprehension tools for bridging communication gaps of di?erent heritage professionals on scientific analysis for the Built Heritage. 

In the handbook the research team categorized and explained 21 most commonly used methods for characterization and dating of the Built Heritage. Viaduct handbook is not meant to compete with the extended scientific literature but to become a friendly for the user tool of research.



INDEX

INDEX

Acknowledgements

INTRODUCTION

Analyses’ type diagram

Material-question table

CHARACTERIZATION METHODS

1. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) – scanning electron Microscopy with energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDX or SEM-EDS) 

2. X-ray fluorescence (XRF) 

3. Particle induced x-ray emission (PIXE) 

4. Neutron activation analysis (NAA) 

5. Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy (ICPAES), Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), laser Ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP- MS) 

6. Fourier transform infrared spectrometry (FTIR) 

7. Raman spectroscopy 

8. Ultraviolet (UV) fluorescence spectroscopy 

9. Chromatography 

10. Thermal analysis 

11. X-ray diffraction (XRD) 

12. Biological cultures 

13. Optical microscopy (OM) 

14. Granulometry 

15. Porosimetry 

16. Infrared (IR) thermography 

17. Electrical conductivity testing 

DATING METHODS 

18. Dendrochronology 

19. Luminescence dating (TL/OSL) 

20. Radiocarbon dating 

21. Archaeomagnetism (AM) 

CONCLUSIONS 

APPENDIX 

Abbreviations 

Visual glossary 

Glossary

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