Section: 8 | Natural resins (NR) | Page: 411 |
IRUG filename: INR00411 | Data type: Infrared | IRUG material class: Natural resins (NR) |
Sample type: Reference material | Common name(s): Shellac, orange | Chemical/botanical name(s): Laccifer lacca Kerr. |
CAS name: Shellac | Sample source 1: Gettens Collection, Fogg Art Museum (Harvard University Art Museums) | Source location 1: 32 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA, 02138, US |
Sample identifier 1: 100.A17, Orange Shellac | Sample source 2: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Scientific Research Dept. | Source location 2: PO Box 7646, Philadelphia, PA 19101-7646, US |
Sample identifier 2: 100.A17, Orange Shellac | Color: Orange, light, semi-opaque | Age: Early 20th C. |
Application: MFTIR (Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy) | Mode: Tran | Cross reference to additional spectra: Sutherland, K., and J.C. Del Río. “Characterisation and Discrimination of Various Types of Lac Resin Using Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry Techniques with Quaternary Ammonium Reagents.” J. Chromatogr. A, vol. 1338, 2014, pp. 149–163. |
Originating institution name: Philadelphia Museum of Art | Originating institution acronym: PMA | CAS registry no: 9000-59-3 |
Other analytical methods: Py GC-MS (pyrolysis gas chromatography - mass spectrometry) |