CULTURAL HERITAGE
LABORATORY
In the field of the conservation and the restoration of the cultural and archaeological heritage, mineralogical and petrographic analyses are carried out on rocks, stone materials, ceramics, mortars, plasters by X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) chemical analysis (XRF) and optical microscopy on thin sections.
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Thin section of mortar
Identification by X-ray diffraction (XRD) of the crystalline phases in stone materials, mortars, bricks and ceramic materials. Analysis of the efflorescences, pigmentations and alteration patinas.
Identification and quantification of elemental composition by X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) in samples of natural and artificial stones, mortars, ceramics, bricks and degradation phenomena (black crusts, efflorescences, pigments, etc.).
Mineralogical and petrographic interpretation through the study of thin sections under polarised light microscopy of mortars, cements, ceramics.
Study of the microstratigraphy by means of optical microscopy under polarised reflected light in the visible spectrum and in UV fluorescence.