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PiFM Applications

3D chemical map over topography of soap formation on an oil painting. (Sample courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.)

国家美术馆馆藏油画皂化现象研究

PiFM imaged the soap cross-section of a National Gallery sample to expose different chemical components found in a tiny piece of an oil painting. The formation of soap aggregates is of growing concern to art conservation and restoration, especially in traditional 15th to 20th century oil paintings.