Volume 26, No. 1
January 2001
A Publication of the Materials Research Society
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PRESERVING ART THROUGH THE AGES
Preserving Art through
the Ages, 13
P.B. Vandiver, Guest Editor
Investigations of Astrolabe Metallurgy Using
Synchrotron Radiation, 19
G.B. Stephenson, B. Stephenson, and D.R. Haeffner
Peruvian Black Pottery Production and Metalworking:
A Middle Sicán Craft Workshop at Huaca Sialupe, 25
I. Shimada and U. Wagner
Technical Studies and Replication of Guan
Ware, an Ancient Chinese Ceramic, 31
L. Jiazhi, D. Zequn, and X. Jiming
Evidence for the Metallurgical Origins of
Glass at Two Ancient Egyptian Glass Factories, 38
J.L. Mass, M.T. Wypyski, and R.E. Stone
Materials Science Research for the Conservation
of Sculpture and Monuments, 44
G.W. Scherer, R. Flatt, and G. Wheeler
Traditional Oil Paints: The Effects of Long-Term
Chemical and Mechanical Properties on Restoration Efforts, 51
M.F. Mecklenburg and C.S. Tumosa
The Challenge of Preserving Modern Art: A
Technical Investigation of Paints Used in Selected Works by Willem
de Kooning and Jackson Pollock, 56
S. Lake
MRS NEWS
Green Leads Executive Committee in 2001, 61
MRS Bulletin Volume Organizers Guide Technical
Theme Topics for 2001, 63
ABSTRACTS
Abstracts for February 2000 Journal of Materials Research, 65
DEPARTMENTS
Letter from the President, 3
Material Matters, 4
Research/Researchers, 8
Washington News, 11
Resources,
12
Advertisers
in This Issue, 54
Library, 64
-The Cambridge Guide to Minerals, Rocks and Fossils, A.C. Bishop,
A.R. Woolley, and W.R. Hamilton; reviewed by J.-P. Poirier
Calendar, 68
Classified,
71
Posterminaries, 79
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ON THE COVER: Through materials research, conservation scientists can gain a greater understanding of historical artifacts and the craftmanship used to create them. Modern techniques such as synchrotron x-ray analysis can shed light on the internal microstructure of objects such as the 16th-century astrolabe pictured here. Superimposed on the astrolabe is a pinhole diffraction pattern obtained from this particular artifact, showing the random arrangement of the polycrystalline grains in the brass plate, the pattern of which is consistent with manual hammering techniques used to work brass in the 16th century. See the technical theme that begins on p. 13. Cover montage by Mary Ann Forys, Argonne National Laboratory.
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