Section: 6 | Minerals and pigments (MP) | Page: 406 |
IRUG filename: IMP00406 | Data type: Infrared | IRUG material class: Minerals and pigments (MP) |
Sample type: Reference material | Common name(s): Verdigris, synthetic | Chemical/botanical name(s): Basic copper (II) acetate |
Sample source 1: Synthesized in UCLA, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, Conservation Laboratory | Source location 1: 308 Charles E. Young Drive North, A210 Fowler Building, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, US | Sample identifier 1: Copper Acetate syn experiment 6-2 |
Color: Vivid blue | Age: 1999, synthesized, 5 yrs | Application: Transmission FTIR spectroscopy |
Mode: Tran | Literature Reference: Scott, David A., Yoko Taniguchi, and Emi Koseto. "The Verisimilitude of Verdigris: A Review of the Copper Carboxylates." Reviews in Conservation 2 (2001): 73-91. | Originating institution name: University of California Los Angeles, UCLA/Getty Conservation Program |
Originating institution acronym: UCLA | Linear formula: [Cu(CH3COO)2]2*Cu(OH)2*5(H2O) or [Cu(CH3COO)2]*[Cu(OH)2]4*3(H2O) | Other analytical methods: Raman spectroscopy, XRD (x-ray diffraction) |