Removal of alum from Iron-Age wooden objects by an applied electric field

Iben Vernegren Christensen; Lisbeth M. Ottosen; Poul Jensen; Inger Bojesen-Koefoed; Hartmut Kutzke; Susan Braovac; Tom Sandström; Mikkel Chrsitensen

Removal of alum from Iron-Age wooden objects by an applied electric field

Iben Vernegren Christensen, Lisbeth M. Ottosen, Poul Jensen, Inger Bojesen-Koefoed, Hartmut Kutzke, Susan Braovac, Tom Sandström, Mikkel Chrsitensen

Department of Civil Engineering

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Abstract

In this paper removal of potassium, sulfate and aluminum ions from waterlogged alum treated wood with the use of an applied electric field is described. An electric DC field was applied across the wood for 4-20 days. At the end of the experiments sulfate had moved as expected towards the anode and potassium had moved towards the cathode. One experiment showed that after 20 days only 10% of the sulfate and 8% of the potassium was left in the wood. Aluminum tended to be removed more slowly and even after 20 days only minor amounts of aluminum were removed from the wood. Total removal of alum was not obtained in the experiments reported here, but the high conductivity and the transport of the measured ions due to the electric field indicates that an applied electric field as a method for removal of alum and other unwanted ions from treated wooden objects warrants further investigation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 11th ICOM-CC Conference on Wet Organic Archaeological Materials
Publication date	2010
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	Conference on Wet Organic Archaeological Materials - Greenville, USA Duration: 1 Jan 2010 → … Conference number: 11

Conference

Conference	Conference on Wet Organic Archaeological Materials
Number	11
City	Greenville, USA
Period	01/01/2010 → …

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Removal of alum from Iron-Age wooden objects by an applied electric field. / Christensen, Iben Vernegren; Ottosen, Lisbeth M.; Jensen, Poul; Bojesen-Koefoed, Inger; Kutzke, Hartmut; Braovac, Susan; Sandström, Tom; Chrsitensen, Mikkel.

Proceedings of the 11th ICOM-CC Conference on Wet Organic Archaeological Materials. 2010.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review

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