Dry Ice Blasting Research and Testing for the Conservation of Metal Objects
Author(s): Laurie E King; William Hoffman
Year: 2018
Summary
The objects recovered from USS Monitor are large, composite pieces that require complex conservation treatments. An innovative conservation technique currently implemented by the Batten Conservation Complex (BCC) is dry ice blasting. Dry ice blasting involves the use of solid carbon dioxide pellets as an abrasive, and has the potential to be used on a variety of materials for the removal of marine concretion and corrosion. The BCC has researched the use of dry ice blasting as a conservation treatment for archaeological wrought iron, cast iron, and copper alloys. This paper will detail the research that was undertaken, the successful results that were found, and ways that the BCC will be implementing dry ice blasting as a conservation treatment in the future.
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Dry Ice Blasting Research and Testing for the Conservation of Metal Objects. Laurie E King, William Hoffman. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, New Orleans, Louisiana. 2018 ( tDAR id: 441304)
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Keywords
General
Civil War
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Conservation
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USS Monitor
Geographic Keywords
North America
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United States of America
Temporal Keywords
American Civil War
Spatial Coverage
min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 431