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Material Deterioration Processes

Material Deterioration Processes is a systematic phenomenon within preventive conservation that encompasses the physical, chemical, and biological mechanisms leading to the degradation of cultural heritage materials over time due to environmental, intrinsic, and anthropogenic factors.

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Surface chromium on Terracotta Army bronze weapons is neither an ancient anti-rust treatment nor the reason for their good preservation

Marcos Martinón‐Torres, Xiuzhen Li, Yin Xia et al. · Scientific Reports · 2019 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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Microbiological deterioration and degradation of synthetic polymeric materials: recent research advances

Ji‐Dong Gu · International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation · 2003 · 805 citations

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The Organic Chemistry of Museum Objects

J. C. Winter, John Mills, R. White · Studies in Conservation · 1988 · 692 citations

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Observation of the degradation of three types of plastic pellets exposed to UV irradiation in three different environments

Liqi Cai, Jundong Wang, Jinping Peng et al. · The Science of The Total Environment · 2018 · 560 citations

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The Inverse Gaussian Process as a Degradation Model

Zhi‐Sheng Ye, Nan Chen · Technometrics · 2013 · 539 citations

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  1. HV
    Heather Viles

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    14 publications · 691 citations

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  2. JD
    Jorge de Brito

    University of Lisbon, Portugal

    19 publications · 583 citations

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  3. MP
    Maria Perla Colombini

    University of Pisa, Italy

    12 publications · 518 citations

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  4. AS
    Ana Silva

    University of Lisbon, Portugal

    12 publications · 324 citations

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  5. MS
    Matija Strlič

    University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

    11 publications · 402 citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    38 h-index

    243 publications

    11.8K citations

  2. Politecnico di Milano

    Milan, Italy

    20 h-index

    71 publications

    2.7K citations

  3. University of Lisbon

    Lisbon, Portugal

    19 h-index

    69 publications

    2.4K citations

  4. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

    Trondheim, Norway

    19 h-index

    53 publications

    2.1K citations

  5. National Research Council

    Rome, Italy

    18 h-index

    53 publications

    2.2K citations

  6. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    17 h-index

    63 publications

    3.2K citations

  7. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    16 h-index

    62 publications

    6.2K citations

  8. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    16 h-index

    34 publications

    2.3K citations

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  1. Polymer Degradation and Stability

    98 publications · 5.4K citations

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  2. Construction and Building Materials

    98 publications · 5.2K citations

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  3. Journal of Applied Polymer Science

    45 publications · 1.4K citations

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  4. Journal of Cultural Heritage

    42 publications · 1.8K citations

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  5. Studies in Conservation

    73 publications · 3.1K citations

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