Syllabus                                                                         Labs

Lecture Sequence

    Intro/Admin

    Overview of damage mechanisms

    Philosophical issues

    A little chemistry

    A little physics

    Paintings on wood

    Paintings (Guest lecture by Norman Muller)

    Paper (Guest lecture by Ted Stanley)

    Mortar

    Minerals

    Rock formation

    Properties of stone

    Acid rain

    Microclimates

    Freeze/thaw cycles

    Salt crystallization

    Biological attack

    Thermal cycles

    Wetting/drying

    Sculpture in bronze

    Cleaning

    Consolidants