Lasers

A recent entry from Yangsook Choe expressed interest in using lasers
in conservation, especially for cleaning metals. We distribute a
title by Martin Cooper called appropriately 'Laser Cleaning in
Conservation' which provides through a series of in depth and wide
ranging case studies methods and results of the use of lasers in
conservation. The book also provides a basic understanding of the
laser cleaning technique. Contents include

    What is a laser
    Removal of surface layers by laser radiation
    Practical laser cleaning with a Q-switched Nd
    Lasers in the conservation of painted artworks

43 colour photographs, 38 line illustrations and 11 photographs.
Hard cover 112 pgs. Published 1998.

This and a number of other new conservation book titles
can be obtained through Conservation Resources offices here
in England at

    Units 1,2,4 & 5 Pony Road
    Horspath Industrial Estate
    Cowley, Oxford OX4 2RD,
    England

and in the States from

    Conservation Resources
    8000H Forbes Place
    Springfield VA 22151

Mark  Vine
Managing Director
Conservation Resources
England

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