Plastics that made history - the contribution of conservation science for the history of the Portuguese Plastics Industry

IF 0.4 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Conservar Patrimonio Pub Date : 2020-05-13 DOI:10.14568/cp2019017

Susana França de Sá, Sara Marques da Cruz, Maria Elvira Callapez, Vânia Carvalho

引用次数: 5

Abstract

The plastic objects from our cultural heritage are material testimonies of our history, technology and industry. Still, in Portugal, there is no museum of plastics, and the collections are spread through private collectors and industries. The research project, 'The Triumph of Bakelite - Contributions to a History of Plastics in Portugal', aims at creating this museum. To this end, the research work gave rise to the exhibition, 'Plasticity - A History of Plastics in Portugal', in Museu de Leiria in 2019. This study focuses on the contribution of conservation science for the writing of this history and preparation of ca. 150 historical plastic objects for display. Bakelite, melamine, polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene and plasticized polyvinyl chloride are just a few examples of the polymers identified by infrared spectroscopy. This identification was crucial to tell the history of the plastics industry in Portugal. Both the spectra and characteristic absorption bands of each polymer are presented.

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创造历史的塑料——保护科学对葡萄牙塑料工业历史的贡献

我们文化遗产中的塑料制品是我们历史、技术和工业的物质见证。然而，在葡萄牙，没有塑料博物馆，这些收藏品分散在私人收藏家和行业中。这个名为“胶木的胜利——对葡萄牙塑料历史的贡献”的研究项目旨在创建这个博物馆。为此，这项研究工作促成了2019年在莱里亚博物馆举办的“可塑性-葡萄牙塑料史”展览。这项研究的重点是保护科学对这段历史的贡献，并准备了大约150件历史塑料制品进行展示。电木、三聚氰胺、聚乙烯、聚丙烯、聚苯乙烯和增塑型聚氯乙烯只是红外光谱识别的聚合物的几个例子。这一鉴定对于讲述葡萄牙塑料工业的历史至关重要。给出了每种聚合物的光谱和特征吸收带。

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Conservar Patrimonio HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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0.80

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0.00%

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审稿时长

12 weeks

期刊介绍： Conservar Património is a journal, published three times a year, that intends to create a space for the diffusion of conservator-restorers’ studies and activities. However, at a time when Conservation-Restoration pretends to develop further through collaboration with other areas of knowledge, such as History of Art, Archaeology, Museum Studies, Chemistry, Physics, Biology and other related disciplines from the fields of the natural and social sciences, the journal also receives contributions from any other provenance as long as directed towards the multiple dimensions of the works that integrate our Cultural Heritage. Theoretical issues on the conservation activity may also be submitted.