Raman micro/macro-spectroscopy allows for a non-destructive remote analysis: body and glaze, crystalline and amorphous phases can be identified, including the nanosized pigments colouring the glaze. Last generation instruments are portable which allows for examination in museum, on sites, etc. This paper gives an overview on the potential of Raman spectrometry technique to analyze ancient ceram...

A smooth white glaze, (Figure 1) with a buttery surface and smooth breaking on edges, just enough change of whiteness in a crevice pooling, seemingly opaque when thicker, but with a certain glow, a slight grey showing through. It crazes slightly, a fine webbing of cracks. Not enough to be decorative crazing, and not enough crazing to make me abandon the glaze, but enough crazing that I would li...

The electrical performance of transmission line insulators will decrease dramatically under ice-covered conditions, and ice flashover may occur operating voltage. There is no direct effective monitoring method for cover on lines. In this paper, the interface quasi-distributed fibre Bragg grating (FBG) used to study positioning detection glaze icing loads composite insulators, a mechanical lever...

Nanomaterials with a characteristic dimension in the range of 1-100 nanometers (nm) are at the leading edge of nanoscience and nanotechnology. In recent years nanomaterials, and specifically metal nanoparticles, have received particular interest in diverse field ranging from material science to biotechnology (Guo et al. 2005, Daniel and Astruc 2004, Huang et al. 2007). Although widespread inter...

In August 1992, a physician notified the Alaska Division of Public Health (ADPH) that three patients at a psychiatric hospital had consumed ceramic glaze during ceramic therapy (i.e., recreation therapy involving the production of ceramic ware), and two of these patients had elevated blood lead levels (BLLs). This report summarizes the ADPH's investigation of these ingestions.

value of sub-km DEM products. A. L. Gleason, L. S. Glaze, R. R. Herrick, and J. B. Garvin: [email protected], NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Code 698, Greenbelt, MD 20771; [email protected]), Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks (Fairbanks, AK 99775-7320, [email protected]), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Code 600, Greenbelt, MD 20771; [email protected])