International workshop

“Development of New Solutions for Characterization and Protection of Bronze Cultural Heritage Exposed to Outdoor Environment”

Organized within the CSF project IP-2019-04-5030 at the

University of Zagreb Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Savska 16, Zagreb

13.07.2023.

Programme:

9.00-9.10 Workshop opening

9.10-9.40 Invited lecture: Cristina Chiavari, Department of Cultural Heritage, University of Bologna, Italy: Outdoor bronze artefacts: new solutions for testing bronzes and coatings in a changing environment

9.40.-10.10 Invited lecture: Polona Ropret, Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia, Slovenia: Protection of bronze monuments in the changing environment

10.10. – 10.40 Invited lecture: Tadeja Kosec, Slovenian national Building and Civil Engineering Institute, Slovenia: Investigation of 9-year old patinas on bare and artificially patinated bronze in an urban environment

10.40-10.50. Discussion

10.50.-11.10 Coffee break

11.10-11.30 Katarina Marušić, Institute Ruđer Bošković, Zagreb, Croatia:  Protective green nanocoatings prepared by gamma irradiation

11.30-11.50. Domagoj Šatović, University of Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb, Croatia: Use of portable XRF instrument for bulk alloy analysis on low corroded bronzes

11.50-12.10 Helena Otmačić Ćurković, University of Zagreb Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Zagreb, Croatia:  Studies on bronze sculptures in Zagreb and Sisak

12.10-12.30 Ines Bera, University of Zagreb Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Zagreb, Croatia: The novel paste electrolyte cell used for testing protective layers on bronze

12.30-13.00. Dajana Mikić and Angela Kapitanović, University of Zagreb Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Zagreb, Croatia: Enhancement of corrosion protection of bronze and bronze patina by phosphonic acids pretreatment

13.00-13.10. Discussion

13.10- 14.10 Lunch break

14.00 Visiting of corrosion laboratory

Participation is free of charge with registration at https://forms.microsoft.com/e/9GdbD6bbWv         till 11.7.2023.