Palabras clave:
conservación de materiales, cloruros, tratamientos masivos, tratamientos colectivos, akaganeíta, corrosiónResumen
En las excavaciones arqueológicas que se realizan en Bizkaia (País Vasco) suelen recuperarse decenas o cientos de objetos fabricados en hierro. Teniendo en cuenta la localización próxima al mar de los yacimientos, existe la posibilidad de que las condiciones de enterramiento tengan un alto contenido en cloruros —un acelerador de la corrosión—, por lo que podemos prever que estos materiales comenzarán a deteriorarse inmediatamente tras la excavación.
Mitigar la corrosión de amplias colecciones de materiales férricos se presenta como un desafío. En este sentido, desde el Arkeologi Museoa se ha desarrollado un modelo de intervención que tiene como objetivo la estabilización de una gran cantidad de objetos, tratando de minimizar los costes y mejorando la eficiencia de las intervenciones. El tratamiento ha sido aplicado a un grupo de objetos arqueológicos. En este artículo se presentan los resultados obtenidos, las ventajas e inconvenientes y los riesgos
asociados a la conservación a largo plazo de estos materiales.
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