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Category Archives: Chemistry

Element-ary: XRF Training Session

August 11, 2014by Aman Thomas Leave a comment

On August 5 and 6, two representatives from Bruker Corporation visited the Cantor Conservation Lab for a hands-on workshop on the fundamentals of X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF), an elemental analysis […]

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Chemistry

A Chelation Competition: DTPA vs. EDTA

December 2, 2010by Oliver 1 Comment

One of the recurring needs of the Cantor Arts Center’s outdoor art collection is the removal of mineral deposits from metal sculptures. The water from the sprinklers and the fertilizer […]

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Chemistry, Conservation Treatments, Outdoor Sculpture

True Colors

August 18, 2010by Guest Contributor 5 Comments

I recently wrote about a great chemical engineering course offered at Stanford that teaches students about the science of art materials. This year, as a course requirement, students were asked […]

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Chemistry

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