UID:
almahu_9948025906802882
Umfang:
1 online resource (432 p.)
ISBN:
1-281-03436-3
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9786611034368
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0-08-053653-0
Serie:
Developments in atmospheric science ; 23
Inhalt:
Microclimate for Cultural Heritage
Anmerkung:
"European Commission, Environment and Climate Research Programme."
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Front Cover; MICROCLIMATE FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; PART I: ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS APPLIED TO MICROCLIMATE ANALYSIS AND CONSERVATION; Chapter 1. Microclimate, Air and Temperature; 1.1. The microclimate; 1.2. Air, water vapour and perfect gases; 1.3. Temperature; 1.4. Mechanisms of temperature degradation; 1.5. The temperature in a building, a room; 1.6. The temperature in a showcase; 1.7. Is it possible to combine people comfort, conservation needs and low cost?
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1.8. Monitoring air temperature to study air-surface interactions and for microclimate diagnostics1.9. Drawing air temperature and other isolines; Chapter 2. Humidity; 2.1. Partial pressure of the water vapour; 2.2. Derivation of the latent heats; 2.3. Mixing ratio of dry air and water vapour; 2.4. Monitoring mixing ratio to study air-surface interactions and for environmental diagnostics; 2.5. Specific humidity; 2.6. Absolute humidity; 2.7. Relative humidity; 2.8. The equilibrium moisture content; 2.9. Mechanisms of humidity degradation
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2.10. What is the best type of microclimate for conservation?2.11. Keeping constant relative humidity in rooms and showcases; 2.12. Dew point: the temperature of condensation; 2.13. Frost point: the temperature of freezing; 2.14. Wet bulb temperature: the temperature of evaporation; 2.15. the psychrometric chart; Chapter 3. Parameters for Describing Air Masses and Vertical Motions; 3.1. Equivalent temperature; 3.2. Adiabatic gradient in the troposphere; 3.3. Potential temperature; 3.4. Equivalent-potential temperature; 3.5. Virtual temperature; Chapter 4. Radiation and Light
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4.1. The emission of radiation from bodies and the effects of the absorbed energy4.2. Radiometric temperature; 4.3. Angular distribution of radiant emission of bodies; 4.4. Attenuation of light in the atmosphere; 4.5. Daily and seasonal cycles of solar radiation on a surface; 4.6. What is the colour of natural light?; 4.7. Artificial lighting, optical filters and optical fibres; 4.8. Deterioration to works of art caused by light; Chapter 5. Physics of Drop Formation and Micropore Condensation; 5.1. How a curved water meniscus changes the equilibrium vapour tension
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5.2. Derivation of the kelvin equation for droplets formation and micropore condensation5.3. The formation of droplets in the atmosphere: homogeneous and heterogeneous nucleation; 5.4. Bubbles; 5.5. Micropore condensation and stone weathering; 5.6. Adsorption isotherms; 5.7. Freezing-thawing cycles; Chapter 6. Atmospheric Water and Stone Weathering; 6.1. Acid rain, rainfall and crusts; 6.2. Mechanisms of penetration of rain water and evaporation; 6.3. Evaporation from a damp monument; 6.4. Capillary suction; 6.5. Lowering of the equilibrium vapour tension over a solution
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6.6. Climate cycles, sea spray and salt damage
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-444-82925-3
Sprache:
Englisch
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