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Analysis of the porosity of a plaster cast, based on tomography data. Pilot measurement for the feasibility verification of the method for analyses of cast sculptures
Kumpová, Ivana ; Vopálenský, Michal
The aim of the tomographical research was the verification of the feasibility of the X-ray tomography for the qualitative description of the internal structure of the cast sculptures (damage, former restoration evidence etc.) and also for the characterization of the way and direction of the plaster pouring. There is a hypothesis that in the cast piece, the non-uniform distribution of pores as for the size (volume) along the vertical direction should be observable. The deeper in the piece, the higher amount of smaller pores and lower amount of bigger pores is expected. As well, lower porosity, i.e., ratio of the volume of the pores and the entire investigated volume, is expected deeper in the sample. The distribution of the pores could indicate, how the sculpture was made, in particular, where were the pouring holes and how many, what was the material flux like and how did it mixture. The method was verified on a specimen and the indicated hypotheses were only partly confirmed.
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