The Chemistry and Mechanism of Art Materials : Unsuspected Properties and Outcomes (Hardcover)

Chapter 1?? Essential Concepts Chemical Bonding, Solubility, Properties of Solids, Hard and Soft Acids and Bases Oxidation-Reduction Chemical Reaction Mechanisms Experimental Methods Used to Characterize Works of Art ? Chapter 2? Preparation of Inorganic Pigments Introduction Black Pigments Antimony Black Carbon Blacks Cobalt Black Iron Oxide, Magnetite Manganese Black ? Blue Pigments Azurite Cerulean Blue Egyptian Blue Prussian Blue Smalt Ultramarine Verdigris Brown Pigments Iron (III) Oxide Pigments Lead Dioxide ? Green Pigments Chromium Oxide Hydrated Chromium Oxide, Viridian Malachite, see Azurite Paris Green Verdigris ? Red Pigments α-Cinnabar and Vermilion Red Lead Iron (III) Oxide, Hematite α-Realgar, see Orpiment ? Violet Pigments Pigment Violet 14 ? White Pigments Antimony White Barium White Lithopone Titanium White White Lead Zinc White Zinc Sulfide ? Yellow Pigments Bismuth Vanadate Cadmium Pigments Cobalt Yellow Iron (III) Oxide Lead Chromate Lead Tin Yellow ?type I Lead Tin Yellow type II Lead Monoxide, Litharge and Massicot Lead Tin Antimonate, Naples Yellow Orpiment Titanium Yellow ? Chapter 3?? Silica, Silicates and Aluminosilicates Introduction Silica Silicates Pigment-Silicate Interactions Pottery Glazes Aluminosilicates ? Chapter 4? Discoloration Stories Introduction Smalt Red Lead Realgar Cinnabar Hematite Chrome Yellow Silverpoint Cadmium Yellow Blackening of Pigments by H2S Ultramarine Azurite and Malachite Medieval Pigments ? Chapter 5???? Toxicology of Art Materials Introduction Organics Methylene Chloride Carbon Tetrachloride Trichloroethylene n-Hexane N-Methylpyrrolidone Diisocyanates Alcohols, Glycols and Glycol Ethers Mineral Spirits ? Inorganics Lead Zinc, Cadmium and Mercury Familial Properties Cadmium Mercury Silver Arsenic Chromium ? Chapter 6?? Ageing of Oil Paint Oxidative Degradation of Oil Binder Metal Soap formation ? Chapter 7?? Ageing of Wall Paintings Secco and Fresco methods Reversal of Sulfation Deposition of Water Soluble Salts Degradation of Oil Binder