THE USE OF LASERS FOR THE REMOVAL OF （使用激光去除的）.pdf

e-PS, 2008, 5, 36-40 ISSN: 1581-9280 web edition e- PRESERVATIONScience ISSN: 1854-3928 print edition www.M published by M O R A N A RTD d.o.o. © by M O R A N A RTD d.o.o. THE USE OF LASERS FULL PAPER FOR THE REMOVAL OF SHELLAC FROM WOOD Eleni Maria Aligizaki1*, Kristalia Melessanaki2, Anastasia Pournou 1 1. Technological Educational Institute The removal of shellac is a common but challenging task in (T.E.I.) of Athens, Dept. of Conservation the conservation of wooden artifacts. In this work, experi- of Antiquities Works of Art, Agiou Spyridonos, 12210 Egaleo, Athens, ments were performed to assess the suitability of lasers for Greece cleaning non aged shellac from pine and oak mock–ups. 2. Institute of Electronic Structure and Optimal laser parameters were determined for preserving Laser (IESL), Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FO.R.T.H.), the integrity of the original wooden substrate during the Heraklion, Crete, Greece cleaning process. In particular, the ablation thresholds for corresponding author: shellac and wood were comparatively examined using aligizak@iesl.forth.gr excimer (248 nm) and Nd:YAG (1064 nm) lasers, emitting pulses of nanosecond (ns) or picosecond (ps) duration. The induced etching and other morphologic