TY - CONF A1 - Scharf, Holger T1 - Development of a certified reference material for the determination of trace elements and pentachlorophenol in wood T2 - 12th Biological and Environmental Reference Materials (BERM) Symposium CY - Oxford, England DA - 2009-07-07 PY - 2009 AN - OPUS4-19319 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Torge, Manfred A1 - Krug, Sonja A1 - Bücker, Michael A1 - Feldmann, Ines A1 - Scharf, Holger A1 - Witthuhn, Heike T1 - Investigation of mercury emissions of historic tin-mercury mirrors N2 - With the implementation of glass casting in France in the second half of the 17th century, larger mirrors could be produced. So-called tin-mercury mirrors were made by coating glass with tin amalgam. Today, many historical mirrors are partly damaged, the image quality is compromised, and the material integrity of the mirror is threatened. The transformation from tin into an oxide starts at the surface of the amalgam and proceeds down to the glass surface. The mercury dissolves as a liquid or gaseous phase. The amalgam layer is destroyed, so that conservation is necessary. Conservators must follow strict safety precautions while handling amalgam mirrors because of possible mercury emissions and corrosion of the amalgam, during which elemental mercury accumulates near the mirror frame in droplets and is emitted into the air. In a research project, the quantity of the mercury emissions from historical mirrors was examined and a technique to decrease these emissions was developed. T2 - ART 2011 -10th International Conference on non-destructive investigations and microanalysis for the diagnostics and conservation of cultural and environmental heritage CY - Florence, Italy DA - 13.04.2011 KW - Zinn-Amalgamspiegel KW - Quecksilber KW - Emission PY - 2011 SP - 1 EP - 8 AN - OPUS4-23879 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Torge, Manfred A1 - Krug, Sonja A1 - Bücker, Michael A1 - Feldmann, Ines A1 - Scharf, Holger A1 - Witthuhn, Heike A1 - Sander, C. T1 - Flüchtiges Quecksilber - Emission von Quecksilber aus historischen Zinnamalgamspiegeln N2 - Mit der Erfindung des Glas-Guß-Walzverfahrens eröffnete sich die Möglichkeit, größere Spiegelflächen als zuvor herzustellen. Diese sogenannten Quecksilberspiegel sind mit Zinnamalgam beschichtet. Wenn Restauratoren mit Zinnamalgamspiegeln arbeiten, müssen sie strenge Sicherheitsvorkehrungen einhalten. Häufig finden sich im Spiegelrahmen Quecksilberkugeln, die beim Öffnen herausfallen und damit gesundheitsschädliches Quecksilber freisetzen können. In einem Forschungsprojekt wurden die Quecksilberemissionen aus Zinnamalgamspiegeln gemessen und Möglichkeiten entwickelt, diese zu verringern. KW - Quecksilber KW - Emission KW - Zinnamalgamspiegel PY - 2012 SN - 0933-4017 VL - 118 IS - 3 SP - 30 EP - 37 PB - Callwey CY - München AN - OPUS4-25846 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Torge, Manfred A1 - Krug, Sonja A1 - Bücker, Michael A1 - Feldmann, Ines A1 - Scharf, Holger A1 - Witthuhn, Heike T1 - Investigation of mercury emissions of historic tin-mercury-mirrors N2 - With the implementation of glass casting in France in the second half of the 17th century, larger mirrors could be produced. So-called tin-mercury mirrors were made by coating glass with tin amalgam. Today, many historical mirrors are partly damaged, the image quality is compromised, and the material integrity of the mirror is threatened. The transformation from tin into an oxide starts at the surface of the amalgam and proceeds down to the glass surface. The mercury dissolves as a liquid or gaseous phase. The amalgam layer is destroyed, so that conservation is necessary. Conservators must follow strict safety precautions while handling amalgam mirrors because of possible mercury emissions and corrosion of the amalgam, during which elemental mercury accumulates near the mirror frame in droplets and is emitted into the air. In a research project, the quantity of the mercury emissions from historical mirrors was examined and a technique to decrease these emissions was developed. T2 - International Conference on Non-destructive Investigations and Microanalysis for the Diagnostics and Conservation of Cultural and Environmental Heritage (ART 2011) CY - Florence, Italy DA - 13.04.2011 KW - Emission KW - Quecksilber KW - Zinn-Amalgamspiegel PY - 2011 UR - https://www.ndt.net/search/docs.php3?id=11425 SN - 1435-4934 VL - 16 IS - 10 SP - 1 EP - 8 PB - NDT.net CY - Kirchwald AN - OPUS4-25270 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Torge, Manfred A1 - Krug, Sonja A1 - Bücker, Michael A1 - Feldmann, Ines A1 - Scharf, Holger A1 - Witthuhn, Heike A1 - Sander, C. A1 - Fraenkler-Balhorn, K. ED - Roemich, H. T1 - Mercury emissions from historical tin amalgam mirrors T2 - Interim Meeting of the ICOM-CC Working Group - Glass & Ceramics Conservation CY - Corning, New York, USA DA - 2010-10-03 KW - Mirrors KW - Mercury KW - Tin amalgam KW - Deterioration PY - 2010 SN - 978-0-87290-182-7 SP - 156 EP - 163 AN - OPUS4-22175 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Cordeiro, F. A1 - Llorente-Mirandes, T. A1 - López-Sánchez, J.F. A1 - Rubio, R. A1 - Sánchez-Agullo, A. A1 - Raber, G. A1 - Scharf, Holger A1 - Vélez, D. A1 - Devesa, V. A1 - Fiamegos, Y. A1 - Emteborg, H. A1 - Seghers, J. A1 - Robouch, P. A1 - De la Calle, M.B. T1 - Determination of total cadmium, lead, arsenic, mercury and inorganic arsenic in mushrooms: outcome of IMEP-116 and IMEP-39 N2 - The Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM) of the Joint Research Centre (JRC), a Directorate General of the European Commission, operates the International Measurement Evaluation Program (IMEP). IMEP organises inter-laboratory comparisons in support of European Union policies. This paper presents the results of two proficiency tests (PTs): IMEP-116 and IMEP-39, organised for the determination of total Cd, Pb, As, Hg and inorganic As (iAs) in mushrooms. Participation in IMEP-116 was restricted to National Reference Laboratories (NRLs) officially appointed by national authorities in European Union member states. IMEP-39 was open to all other laboratories wishing to participate. Thirty-seven participants from 25 countries reported results in IMEP-116, and 62 laboratories from 36 countries reported for the IMEP-39 study. Both PTs were organised in support to Regulation (EC) No. 1881/2006, which sets the maximum levels for certain contaminants in food. The test item used in both PTs was a blend of mushrooms of the variety shiitake (Lentinula edodes). Five laboratories, with demonstrated measurement capability in the field, provided results to establish the assigned values (Xref). The standard uncertainties associated to the assigned values (uref) were calculated by combining the uncertainty of the characterisation (uchar) with a contribution for homogeneity (ubb) and for stability (ust), whilst uchar was calculated following ISO 13528. Laboratory results were rated with z- and zeta (ζ)-scores in accordance with ISO 13528. The standard deviation for proficiency assessment, σp, ranged from 10% to 20% depending on the analyte. The percentage of satisfactory z-scores ranged from 81% (iAs) to 97% (total Cd) in IMEP-116 and from 64% (iAs) to 84% (total Hg) in IMEP-39. KW - Inorganic arsenic KW - Trace elements KW - Mushrooms KW - Proficiency test PY - 2015 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-326092 DO - https://doi.org/10.1080/19440049.2014.966336 SN - 1944-0057 SN - 1944-0049 VL - 32 IS - 1 SP - 54 EP - 67 PB - Taylor & Francis CY - London [u.a.] AN - OPUS4-32609 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Peplinski, Burkhard A1 - Adamczyk, Burkart A1 - Formanek, P. A1 - Meyer, Christian A1 - Krüger, O. A1 - Scharf, Holger A1 - Reinsch, Stefan A1 - Ostermann, Markus A1 - Nofz, Marianne A1 - Jäger, Christian A1 - Adam, Christian A1 - Emmerling, Franziska T1 - Nanocrystalline and stacking-disordered beta-cristobalite AlPO4 chemically stabilized at room temperature: synthesis, physical characterization, and X-ray powder diffraction data N2 - This paper reports the first successful synthesis and the structural characterization of nanocrystalline and stacking-disordered β-cristobalite AlPO4 that is chemically stabilized down to room temperature and free of crystalline impurity phases. Several batches of the title compound were synthesized and thoroughly characterized by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy, selected area electron diffraction, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy mapping in SEM, solid-state 31P nuclear magnetic resonance (31P-NMR) spectroscopy including the TRAPDOR method, differential thermal analysis (DTA), gas-sorption methods, optical Emission spectroscopy, X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, and ion chromatography. Parameters that are critical for the synthesis were identified and optimized. The synthesis procedure yields reproducible results and is well documented. A high-quality XRD pattern of the title compound is presented, which was collected with monochromatic copper radiation at room temperature in a wide 2θ range of 5°–100°. KW - Stabilization of high-temperature phase at RT KW - Nanochrystalline AlPO4 KW - Beta-christobalite structure type KW - High-cristobalite form KW - Aluminium phosphate PY - 2017 DO - https://doi.org/10.1017/S0885715617000537 SN - 1945-7413 SN - 0885-7156 VL - 32 IS - S1 SP - S193 EP - S200 PB - JCPDS-ICDD CY - Cambridge AN - OPUS4-42235 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -