Leather and Footwear Journal

Volume 8, no 1

Contents
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Obtaining of New Type of Leather to be Used in the Restoration of Historical Objects
- Pages 3-11
  Viorica DESELNICU¹, Stelian MAIER², Adriana IONIUC³, Maria GEBA³, Dana Corina DESELNICU¹
  - ¹INCDTP – Leather and Footwear Research Institute (ICPI), Bucharest RO, email: viorica.deselnicu@icpi.ro
  - ²Technical University "Gh Asachi", Iasi, RO
  - ³Moldova" National Museum Complex, Iasi, RO
  ABSTRACT. The conservation and preservation of our cultural heritage has become one of the main concerns within Europe today. The aim of this paper is to develop a stable type of leather to be used in restoration. It is intended to develop specific processing system, such non-chrome, combination and /or resin tannage which gives desired blend of properties for the restoration of historical leathers to be exhibited in museums. New leather has been used in restoration of a book from Romanian Literature Museum, Iassy.
  
  KEY WORDS: conservation, preservation, stable type of leather, processing system
Scientific Assessment of Historical Parchment Rolls
- Pages 12-20
  Lucretia MIU¹, Elena BADEA^1,2, Petru BUDRUGEAC³, Maria GIURGINCA⁴, Cecilia LAURORA⁵, Cristina CARSOTE², Giuseppe DELLA GATTA²
  - ¹INCDTP - Leather and Footwear Research Institute (ICPI), Bucharest, RO, e-mail: lucretia.miu@icpi.ro
  - ²University of Torino, Torino, IT
  - ³National Institute for Research&Development in Electrical Bucharest, RO
  - ⁴University "POLITEHNICA" of Bucharest, RO
  - ⁵State Archives Torino, IT
  ABSTRACT. Advanced physic-chemical techniques, such as thermal analysis, IR spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy and unilateral nuclear magnetic resonance were employed to assess specific deterioration processes occurring at individual levels in the hierarchical structure of parchment. Changes in the physical and chemical parameter values of collagen due to interaction with the environment were used to characterize deterioration pathways.
  
  KEY WORDS: historical parchment rolls, deterioration processes, thermal analysis, IR spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, unilateral nuclear magnetic resonance
Statistical Method Used to Assess the Results of Physical-Mechanical and Chemical Tests. Part 3
- Pages 21-29
  Ion Petre SUCIU
  - INCDTP - Leather and Footwear Research Institute (ICPI), Bucharest, RO, email: icpi@icpi.ro
  ABSTRACT. The repeatability of the developed statistic method was checked within the ICPI Laboratory by carrying out 2 series of successive identical tests on six pieces of natural grain box leather, a piece of synthetic leather and a piece of leather substitute (made of an elastomer film covered onto a textile support).
  
  KEY WORDS: repeatability, statistical method, physical-mechanical testes, leather, synthetic leather, leather substitute