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Section: 6 Minerals and pigments (MP) Page: 406

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Details

IRUG filename:
IMP00406
Data type:
Infrared
IRUG material class:
Minerals and pigments (MP)
Sample type:
Reference material
Common name(s):
Verdigris, synthetic
Chemical/botanical name(s):
Basic copper (II) acetate
Sample source 1:
Synthesized in UCLA, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, Conservation Laboratory
Source location 1:
308 Charles E. Young Drive North, A210 Fowler Building, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, US
Sample identifier 1:
Copper Acetate syn experiment 6-2
Color:
Vivid blue
Age:
1999, synthesized, 5 yrs
Application:
Transmission FTIR spectroscopy
Mode:
Tran
Literature Reference:
Scott, David A., Yoko Taniguchi, and Emi Koseto. "The Verisimilitude of Verdigris: A Review of the Copper Carboxylates." Reviews in Conservation 2 (2001): 73-91.
Originating institution name:
University of California Los Angeles, UCLA/Getty Conservation Program
Originating institution acronym:
UCLA
Linear formula:
[Cu(CH3COO)2]2*Cu(OH)2*5(H2O) or [Cu(CH3COO)2]*[Cu(OH)2]4*3(H2O)
Other analytical methods:
Raman spectroscopy, XRD (x-ray diffraction)