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 - CONF A1 - Krug, Sonja A1 - Torge, Manfred A1 - Bücker, Michael A1 - Birkhahn, Jürgen A1 - Scharf, Holger A1 - Witthuhn, Heike T1 - The investigation of mercury emissions from historic tin-mercury mirrors T2 - Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) 2008 CY - Vienna, Austria DA - 2008-04-16 PY - 2008 AN - OPUS4-17684 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 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 - 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 - 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 - Climent Terol, Estela A1 - Hecht, Mandy A1 - Witthuhn, Heike A1 - Gawlitza, Kornelia A1 - Rurack, Knut T1 - Cover profile for the article "Mix‐&‐read determination of Mercury(II) at trace levels with hybrid mesoporous silica materials incorporating fluorescent probes by a simple mix‐&‐load technique" N2 - Invited for this month’s cover picture is the group of Dr. Knut Rurack at the Department of Analytical Chemistry; Reference Materials at the Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM) in Berlin (Germany). The cover picture shows how differences in color and fluorescence on a test strip can be easily read out with a mobile device. Two reference spots Frame the sensitive spot that indicates the presence of trace amounts of HgII below the threshold in a natural water sample. This dipstick contains a hybrid material that combines boron-dipyrromethene (BODIPY) probes sterically loaded into specifically tailored mesoporous silica particles, allowing for ultrasensitive HgII detection through enhanced fluorescence in a few seconds. The applicability in real water samples and fish extracts are also studied. KW - Mercury KW - Fluorescence KW - Dip-stick assay KW - Group profile PY - 2018 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-471267 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/open.201800231 SN - 2191-1363 VL - 7 IS - 12 SP - 932 EP - 933 PB - Wiley-VCH CY - Weinheim AN - OPUS4-47126 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Climent Terol, Estela A1 - Hecht, Mandy A1 - Witthuhn, Heike A1 - Gawlitza, Kornelia A1 - Rurack, Knut T1 - Mix‐&‐read determination of Mercury(II) at trace levels with hybrid mesoporous silica materials incorporating fluorescent probes by a simple mix‐&‐load technique N2 - The synthesis, characterization, and application of mesoporous materials containing boron–dipyrromethene (BODIPY) moieties that allow the sensitive and selective detection of HgII in aqueous environments by fluorescence enhancement is reported. For this purpose, BODIPY dye I containing a thia‐aza crown ether receptor as the fluorescent probe for the detection of HgII in aqueous environments is encapsulated into mesoporous materials to avoid self‐quenching or aggregation in water. Determination of HgII is accomplished within a few seconds with high selectivity and sensitivity, reaching a limit of detection of 12 ppt. The determination of trace amounts of HgII in natural waters and in fish extracts is demonstrated by using our sensing material. The incorporation of the material into several μ‐PAD strips yields a portable, cheap, quick, and easy‐to‐handle tool for trace HgII analysis in water. KW - Dyes/pigments KW - Test strips KW - Mesoporous materials KW - Mercury KW - Fluorescence PY - 2018 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-460138 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/open.201800277 SN - 2191-1363 VL - 7 IS - 12 SP - 957 EP - 968 PB - Wiley-VCH CY - Weinheim AN - OPUS4-46013 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -