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Section: 7 Mixtures (MX) Page: 152

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Details

IRUG filename:
IMX00152
Data type:
Infrared
IRUG material class:
Mixtures (MX)
Sample type:
Art object / artifact
Common name(s):
Spider dropping, speck, primarily guanine
Sample source 1:
Degas bronze sculpture base, "Dancer Moving Forward", 2020.16
Source location 1:
Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, 4000 Michigan Road, Indianapolis, IN 46208, US
Color:
White, medium, opaque
Age:
2020, acquired
Application:
MFTIR (Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy)
Mode:
Tran
Literature Reference:
JF Anderson, The excreta of spiders, Comp Biochem Physiol. 1966 Mar;17(3):973-82.
Originating institution name:
Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
Originating institution acronym:
IMA
CAS registry no:
73-40-5 (for guanine phase)