APPLICATIONS AND SERVICES
- The Agreement between the University of Turin and Center of Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage "La Venaria Reale" allows using the CCR lab facilities for both research and teaching activities. The skills of the University of Turin and CCR staff allow analytical investigations on most artistic materials (paintings, Stone material, fabrics, murals, etc.) and the study of their decay.
- The instrumentations available in the laboratories allow the characterization of organic (FTIR) and inorganic materials (FTIR, XRF, SEM-EDS, light microscopy) as well as the morphological study of surfaces; there are also skills in the field of biological degradation.
- Research activities include the study of new restoration and intervention materials and new application methodologies for conservation.
- The radio-tomographic apparatus is among the few in the world to allow tomography of large artistic objects such as statues or furniture.
- The Center is also able to offer preventive conservation consultancy with environmental monitoring (temperature and humidity).
The CCR laboratory facilities include:
- Tomography and X-ray radiography of large objects
- VIS, NIR and UV imaging
- Minero-petrographic, transmitted/reflected optical microscopy with UV source and Peltier camera
- Stereomicroscopy with camera
- Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR)
- Portable XRF spectroscopy
- Variable pressure SEM with EDS microanalysis
- Fiber optics reflectance spectroscopy (FORS)
- Portable video microscopy
Federica Pozzi - federica.pozzi@ccrvenaria.it