Development of non-destructive methodology using ATR-FTIR with PCA to differentiate between historical Pacific barkcloth
- Submitting institution
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Glasgow Caledonian University
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 33269790
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.culher.2019.03.006
- Title of journal
- Journal of Cultural Heritage
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- First page
- 32
- Volume
- 39
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 1296-2074
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- April
- Year of publication
- 2019
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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2
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- The conservation of historic barkcloth is of international importance. These materials are fragile, and many are in need of conservation. In order to develop conservation methods, the first step is to identify the wood species using a non-destructive method. This paper uses Fourier Transform Infra-Red (FTIR) spectroscopy to generate spectra which are then analysed statistically using multivariate analysis. The rigorous analysis successfully demonstrates that principal component analysis and hierarchical clustering analysis can be employed to group the Pacific historic barkcloth samples. This is an important advance towards wood group identification so that conservation methods can be developed.
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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