IT / IVALSA-CNR Cultural Heritage

1. IT / IVALSA-CNR Cultural Heritage Contact Dr. Nicola Macchioni tél. +390555225502 email: macchioni@ivalsa.cnr.it web: http://www.ivalsa.cnr.it/ Equipment and expertise • Xylarium (about 6.000 wood from all over the world) • SEM Philips XL 20 • Critical Point Dryer and gold coating system for SEM observations • Image analysis systems • Climatic chamber 2000 litres -20/+120°C • Climatic room 20°C / 65% • Precision weighing systems • Hygrometers • Capillary Column Gas-Chromatograph • Equipment for analytical measurements • Optical microscopes (most recent acquisition Leica DM LB2 with electronic camera) Wood anatomy laboratory Simona Lazzeri - identification Chiara Capretti - morphological characterization Physical and mechanical characterisation Michele Brunetti - diagnostic on timber structures Nicola Macchioni - MWC, basal density Chemical characterization Benedetto Pizzo - chemical components of wood Luigi Fiorentino - chemical analyses on wood Preservation and Biodegradation Sabrina Palanti - biotic wood decay • Research interesting the COST IE0601 • Micromorphological characterization of decay on waterlogged archaeological wood • Gravimetric analysis of principal wood components and qualitative determinations of decay • Measure of alteration of principal wood peculiarities: e.g. anisotropy, wood-water relationship