Mémoire de master : Haute Ecole Arc Conservation-Restauration, 2014.
In museum and archive collections, sometimes feature objects made of lead or lead-tin alloys (PbSn). Kept in environments containing acetic acid vapors, these objects can develop an active corrosion. This manifests itself in the form of as white powdery corrosion products composed of basic lead carbonates and hydroxycarbonates. In the past, various chemical treatments could be used to remove it. ...
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