Organic Mass Spectrometry in Art and Archaeology

Offers an overview of the analysis of art and archaeological materials using techniques based on mass spectrometry Illustrates basic principles, procedures and applications of mass spectrometric techniques. Fills a gap in the field of application on destructive methods in the analysis of museum objects Edited by a world-wide respected specialists with extensive experience of the GC/MS analysis of art objects Such a handbook has been long-awaited by scientists, restorers and other experts in the analysis of art objects

List of Contributors vii Acknowledgements ix Preface xi Part I Introduction 1 1 Organic Materials in Art and Archaeology 3 Maria Perla Colombini and Francesca Modugno 2 Overview of Mass Spectrometric Based Techniques Applied in the Cultural Heritage Field 37 Gianluca Giorgi Part II Direct Mass Spectrometric Analysis 75 3 Direct Mass Spectrometric Techniques: Versatile Tools to Characterise Resinous Materials 77 Erika Ribechini 4 Direct Mass Spectrometry to Characterise Wax and Lipid Materials 97 Martine Regert 5 GALDI-MS Applied to Characterise Natural Varnishes and Binders 131 Patrick Dietemann and Christoph Herm 6 MALDI-MS Applied to the Analysis of Protein Paint Binders 165 Stepanka Kuckova, Radovan Hynek and Milan Kodicek Part III Gas Chromatography/mass Spectrometry 189 7 GC/MS in the Characterization of Lipids 191 Maria Perla Colombini, Francesca Modugno and Erika Ribechini 8 GC/MS in the Characterisation of Resinous Materials 215 Francesca Modugno and Erika Ribechini 9 GC/MS in the Characterisation of Protein Paint Binders 237 Maria Perla Colombini and Gwénaëlle Gautier 10 SPME/GC-MS in the Characterisation of Terpenic Resins 261 Jean Bleton and Alain Tchapla 11 Py-GC/MS of Organic Paint Binders 303 Ilaria Bonaduce and Alessia Andreotti 12 Py-GC/MS of Natural and Synthetic Resins 327 Dominique Scalarone and Oscar Chiantore Part IV Liquid Chromatography/mass Spectrometry 363 13 Characterization of Organic Natural Dyes by Electrospray Mass Spectrometry Coupled with HPLC and/or Capillary Electrophoresis 365 Katarzyna Lech, Katarzyna Połeć-Pawlak and Maciej Jarosz Part V other MS-based Techniques 389 14 Compound-specific Stable Isotopes in Organic Residue Analysis in Archaeology 391 Richard P. Evershed 15 ToF-SIMS Study of Organic Materials in Cultural Heritage: Identification and Chemical Imaging 433 Vincent Mazel and Pascale Richardin 16 Accelerator Mass Spectrometry for 14C Dating 459 Mariaelena Fedi Index 483