Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 59, Issue 11, 1114005(2022)

Study on Threshold Value of Laser Cleaning Loose Surface Green Rust Bronzes

Jingfang Cai1, Hao Zhou2, Ying Yan1, Min Wang1, Yijing Tang1, Ying Yu1, Laiming Wu2, and Lankun Cai1、*
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  • 1State Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection for Environmental Risk Assessment and Control of Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
  • 2Shanghai Museum, Shanghai 200050, China
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    Unearthed bronzes are easily eroded by the external environment due to their perennial burial underground and different kinds of corrosion occur. The presence of "harmful rust" accelerates the corrosion of bronze substrates. Aiming at the common corrosion of loose green rust, the safe cleaning thresholds by the neodymium yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd∶YAG) laser cleaner in dry, wet, and agar gel states are investigated in this paper. The surface morphologies and compositions are characterized by the microscope, in situ Raman spectroscopy, and energy disperse spectroscopy (EDS). The results show that the cleaning threshold in wet state with short free running (SFR) pulse mode is 2.83?8.49 J/cm2. The high corrosion removal rate is obtained, which is conformed to the rule of the "no change in the appearance of cultural relics" and the "minimum intervention" in cultural relics protection.

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    Jingfang Cai, Hao Zhou, Ying Yan, Min Wang, Yijing Tang, Ying Yu, Laiming Wu, Lankun Cai. Study on Threshold Value of Laser Cleaning Loose Surface Green Rust Bronzes[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2022, 59(11): 1114005

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    Paper Information

    Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

    Received: Jun. 21, 2021

    Accepted: Jul. 28, 2021

    Published Online: Jun. 9, 2022

    The Author Email: Cai Lankun (cailankun@126.com)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP202259.1114005

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