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Table 3 Plastics conservation workshop samples

From: Non-invasive identification of polymers in cultural heritage collections: evaluation, optimisation and application of portable FTIR (ATR and external reflectance) spectroscopy to three-dimensional polymer-based objects

Workshop

Polymer samples

Thea van Oosten 2005, Working with Plastics workshop, 25–26 August 2005, Museums Victoria

PP, PA, PS, PET, CN, CA, PF, CSF, UF, MF, PC, PVC, PMMA, Epoxy, PUR, SBR, GPR

Yvonne Shashoua 2015, AICCM Conservation of Plastics workshop, 21–24 July 2015, Museums Victoria

PUR, SI, ABS, PC, plasticised PVC, unplasticised PVC, NR, PE, SBR, CSF, PP, PS, CN, CA, PMMA, PA