Metal, stone and ceramics
Investigating, modelling and preventing the damage to metallic objects, ceramics and buildings
Example project
Conservation work on the Mary Rose
The Mary Rose was a warship built on the orders of King Henry VIII which sank in 1545. The well-preserved ship and its contents were salvaged in 1982. Imperial College is working with the Mary Rose Trust to prevent further degradation of the artefacts.
Further reading
Academic expertise
Scientific literature
- Potential of superabsorbent polymer for self-sealing cracks in concrete
- The long term corrosion of glasses: analytical results after 32 years of burial at Ballidon
- Moisture attack on museum glass measured by SIMS
- Radical changes in Islamic glass technology: evidence for conservatism and experimentation with new glass recipes from early and middle Islamic Raqqa, Syria
- Room temperature corrosion of museum glass: an investigation using low-energy SIMS
- Application of SIMS to silver tarnish at the British Museum
- Why stainless steel corrodes
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