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020			_a9781032200088
041			_aeng
082			_a547.7 _bTowI3
100			_aTownsend, Joyce H.
245			_aAn Introduction to Materials and Chemistry : _bBook 1 [3rd ed.] / _cJoyce H. Townsend
250			_a3rd ed.
260			_aOxon : _bRoutledge, _c©2024.
300			_axv, 108p.
440			_aScience for Conservators
520			_aThis new edition of An Introduction to Materials and Chemistry, the first in the updated Science for Conservators series, provides conservators and conservators-in-training with a very basic introduction to the language of chemistry and to the scientific approach. Drawing on 40 years of experience as a conservation scientist, Joyce H. Townsend takes readers through the elementary steps that will enable them to understand and investigate materials in historic objects, and those modern materials used to conserve them, in scientific terms. The book also introduces basic chemistry concepts. It provides worked examples and exercises throughout. This new edition has been significantly expanded and updated, with new material about health and safety, sustainability, and the trend to use greener materials, amongst other topics. The book also includes all-new illustrations, a list of further reading and is accompanied by a Companion Website, which features additional examples, illustrations and more. An Introduction to Materials and Chemistry assumes no previous scientific knowledge and will be essential reading for pre-program applicants to, and students already on, postgraduate conservation programs worldwide. It will also be useful to conservators who are looking to refresh their knowledge or to fill gaps in their training, and for those who trained in languages other than English, but now work in that language.
650			_aScience
650			_aChemistry
650			_aOrganic chemistry
650			_aAcids: acid halids, acid anhydrids, sulfo-acids
942			_cBK
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