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Irradiation method for the protection of cultural heritage artefacts: Croatian experience

In this presentation the basics and advantages of gamma-irradiation method for desinsection and disinfection of cultural heritage objects are given. Also, numerous examples during more than 20 years of radiation treatment of cultural heritage artefacts in Radiation Chemistry and Dosimetry Laboratory in Ruđer Bošković Institute are presented.

training course; dating; gamma-irradiation; cultural heritage; desinsection; disinfection; Croatian experience

PPT published in Collection of lectures - Regional Training Course on Dating of Cultural Heritage Artefacts using Nuclear Analytical Techniques, Zagreb, Croatia, 20 - 25 May 2013, organized within the RER/0/034 project "Enhancing the characterization, preservation and protection of cultural heritage artefacts