Notice catalographique « Lightfastness tests of blue inks for fountain pens »
- Titre
- Lightfastness tests of blue inks for fountain pens
- Auteur ou éditeur
- Sirois, Hélène
- Queen's University (Kingston, ON)
- Lieu de publication
- Kingston, ON
- Maison d'édition
- Queen's University
- Date de publication
- 2023
- Collation
- vii, 75 pages : charts, tables ; 28 cm
- Série
- Queen's Master in Art Conservation
- Résumé
- This research project evaluated the lightfastness of blue inks for fountain pens considering different classes of products: dye-based, pigmented and iron gall. This research also reviewed terminology used to market inks, and regional requirements for high significance documents in governmental institutions. It was a collaboration between Queen’s University and the Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) researchers, Dr. Eric Hagan and Crystal Maitland, and forms part of an ongoing CCI research project. The aim of the CCI project is to provide guidelines regarding inks selection for documents of high significance, and also to develop open datasets for use in risk assessment tools related to exhibit lighting. After a literature review and a survey carried out on the standards of different countries, a selection of blue inks for fountain pens was tested to characterize their lightfastness. The purpose of the research was to assess lightfastness of these blue inks. A Q-Sun Xenon Test Chamber was used for accelerated light exposure simulating UV-filtered daylight, while similar experiments are underway at CCI using a custom LED fadometer to represent modern electric gallery lighting. Lightfastness results were assessed by colour spectrophotometry, and results were categorized according to several grouping: general dye-based inks of high light sensitivity, specialty dye-based inks of high lightfastness (Blue Wool 5 results or higher), pigmented inks, and iron gall inks. Results were also assessed according to manufacturers’ terminology used for marketing such as ‘archival’ or ‘permanent’.
- Notes
- Thesis (M.A.) -- Queen's University, 2023
- Langue
- English = Anglais
- Sujet
- Printing ink - Testing
- Ink - Analysis
- Pigments - Analysis
- Pigments - Testing
- Encre - Essais
- Encre - Analyse
- Pigments - Analyse
- Pigments - Essais
- Pays
- Canada
- Type de document
- Monograph = Monographie
- Localisation
- TP 949 S57 2023
- Clé
- 19933
- Collection
- Catalogue