Tim Padfield, list of publications

'Conservation Physics', An online textbook in serial form: www.natmus.dk/cons/tp/

Non-Isothermal Water Vapour Transmission through Porous Insulation. Part 1: The Climate Chamber. Submitted for publication in the proceedings of the 6th Symposium on Building Physics in the Nordic countries, 2002

'On the usefulness of water absorbent materials in museum walls', Proceedings of the 12th triennial meeting of the Committee for Conservation of the International Council of Museums, Lyon 1999. vol.2 pp 83-87 (This version has a serious printing error; the correct version is on the web site given above)

'Humidity buffering of the indoor climate by absorbent walls', Proceedings of the 5th Symposium on Building Physics in the Nordic Countries. Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg. 1999 vol.2 pp 637 - 644.

(with Ernst Jan de Place Hansen and Kurt Kielsgaard Hansen) 'Measured Moisture Properties for Alternative Insulation Products'. Proceedings of the 5th Symposium on Building Physics in the Nordic Countries. Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg. 1999 vol.2 pp 121 - 128.

'The role of absorbent building materials in moderating changes of relative humidity', Ph.d. thesis, Department of Structural Engineering and Materials, Technical University of Denmark,Report R-54 1999. ISBN 87-7740-256-1. Also available from the author on CD-ROM and from the web site mentioned above.

'A climate chamber that controls water vapour flux', Third International Symposium on Humidity and Moisture, National Physical Laboratory, London 1998, vol 2 pp 57-63

'Low Energy Climate Control in Museum Stores - a postscript', Proceedings of the ICOM-CC Conference, Edinburgh, September 1996, vol 1 pp 68-71.

(with Annabel Robinson) 'The climate behind pictures mounted against the outer walls of the Chapel of Ledreborg, Denmark', Proceedings of the ICOM-Conservation Committee Conference in Edinburgh, September 1996 vol 1 pp 72-75.

(with Jesper Stub Johnsen) 'The Breath of Arrhenius: climate control in photographic archives', in: Research Techniques in Photographic Conservation, Editors: Mogens Koch, Jesper Stub Johnsen, Tim Padfield, Ulla Kejser, Copenhagen 1996, pp 59-63.

(with Peder Bøllingtoft, Bent Eshøj, Mads Chr. Christensen) 'The wall paintings of Gundsømagle church, Denmark', Preprints of the IIC conference, Ottawa 1994 pp 94-8.

'Wood as a buffer of relative humidity', Materialnyt (Journal of the Danish Society for Testing and Research on Materials) nr.1, 1994, pp 46-52.

'The role of standards and guidelines: are they a substitute for understanding a problem or a protection against the consequences of ignorance?', in: Durability and Change, Edited by Krumbein, W. E. et al. Wiley 1994, pp191-99.

(with Bent Eshøj) 'The use of porous building materials to provide a stable relative humidity', Preprints of the ICOM-CC Conference, Washington DC, 1993, pp 605-9.

(with Jens Glastrup) 'The thermal degradation of tetraethylene glycol, a model molecule for polyethylene glycol' ICOM-CC Conference, Washington DC, 1993 pp 251-6.

(with Knud Holm, Benni Berg and Ivan Weiss) 'The tile frieze on the Carlsberg Brewery's Dipylon Gate. Restoration 1987-91' (Den keramiske frise på Carlsbergs dipylonport. Restaurering 1987-91) Nationalmuseets Arbejdsmark (Annual review of research at the National Museum of Denmark), 1993 pp107-21.

'The effect of intermittent heating on the stability of wall paintings', Meddelelser om Konservering no. 5 - 6 (1990) pp. 238-249.

(with Poul Jensen) 'Low energy climate control in museum stores', International Council of Museums, Committee for Conservation, 9th triennial meeting, Dresden 1990 pp.596-601. (see also the sequel mentioned above).

25 minute video on museum climate - the control of humidity. Smithsonian Institution, Conservation Analytical Laboratory. 1987

'The Dangers of Air Conditioning Historic Buildings'. Proceedings of the ICOMOS General Assembly, Washington DC, October 1987.

(with David Erhardt) 'The Spontaneous Transfer to Glass of an Image of Joan of Arc'. Preprints of the Sydney Conference of the ICOM Conservation Committee, September 1987. (salt movement in porous materials)

'A Himalayan Legend describes an early example of science applied to the packing and transport of a work of art'. ICCM Bulletin (Australia), Vol. 13 pp 43 - 55, Dec. 1987. (A fantastic account of how wood buffers relative humidity. Printed wrong. Read instead: 'A Himalayan Legend' on the web site given at the top).

'Climate control in archives and libraries'. Preservation of Library Materials, (proceedings of the conference in Vienna) Editor: Merrily A. Smith, K.G.Saur, München 1987 pp124-38.

'Climate control in museums'. Preprints of the National Conference on Museum Security, Washington D.C., February 1986.

'A cooled display case', Museum 146 (1985) 102-103.

(with Martin Burke and David Erhardt), 'A cooled display case for George Washington's Commission'. Preprints, ICOM Conservation Committee, Copenhagen Conference 1984.

(with David Erhardt, Walter Hopwood and Nicholas Veloz) 'Durability of Incralac, examination of a ten year old treatment'. (Durability of lacquer on outdoor bronze) Preprints, ICOM Conservation Committee, Copenhagen Conference 1984.

(with David Erhardt and Walter Hopwood), 'Trouble in store' (damage caused by air pollutants emanating from materials), Preprints, IIC Washington Conference 1982.

(with David Erhardt), 'The copying of embossed images on paper', Preprints , Quebec conference of the IIC Canadian Group, 1982.

(with David Erhardt), 'Clear weather precipitation inside a museum: a case study in micrometeorology'. Preprints, ICOM Conservation Committee, Ottawa conference 1981 (a more up to date version is in my Ph.d, listed near the top).

(with David Erhardt and Walter Hopwood), 'Image transfer from textiles to glass'. Preprints of the Victoria Conference of the IIC Canadian group, 1981.

'Analysis of Byzantine Coins by X-Ray methods' in: Methods of Chemical and Metallurgical Investigation of Ancient Coinage. Edited by E.T.Hall and D.M.Metcalf. Royal Numismatic Society, Special Publication no. 8, 1972, pp 219-236.

(with Alan Gray) Major element rock analysis by X-Ray fluorescence - a simple fusion method. Philips Bulletin FS 35, 1971

'The Deterioration of Cellulose - a literature review.' in: Problems of Conservation in Museums, ICOM London 1969, pp 119-164.

'The design of museum showcases'. Preprints of the IIC London Conference, edited by G.Thomson, 1967.

'A simple ultra-violet radiation detector for museum use', Studies in Conservation 1967 12 1-4.

(with Sheila Landi) 'The light fastness of the natural dyes', Studies in Conservation 1966 11 181-196.

'The control of relative humidity and air pollution in showcases and picture frames'. Studies in Conservation 1966 11 8-30.

'The fading of the natural dyes', Proc. Delft Conference of IIC, 1963.


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