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Staining on heritage building stone identified by NMR spectroscopy

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Brown staining on both pristine and painted sandstone surfaces is a regular problem reported from new building construction and restoration actions. During the recent restoration of the Großer Wendelstein, an impressive airy stone staircase in the castle Hartenfels in Torgau, Germany, extensive brown staining appeared in distinctive places. Due to the fact that such an incidence occurred while desalination with poultice compresses the usually extreme rare chance of sampling was possible and executed. Several chemical tests combined with Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) and Infrared (IR) spectroscopy proved humic substances as causation of the intensive staining; therefore, recommendations for restoration are suggested.

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The study was supported by grant SMI Az. 51-2552.20/36. The authors are indebted to C. Laubert as responsible restorer for that section of stone preservation for the original sampling and K. Heim for carrying out IR-analysis. Thanks go to H. Biester for fruitful discussions.

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  1. Institut für Diagnostik und Konservierung an Denkmalen in Sachsen und Sachsen-Anhalt e. V., Schloßplatz 1, 01067, Dresden, Germany

    Christoph Franzen

  2. Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Resource Ecology, Bautzner Landstr. 400, 01328, Dresden, Germany

    Jerome Kretzschmar, Carola Franzen & Stephan Weiss

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Franzen, C., Kretzschmar, J., Franzen, C. et al. Staining on heritage building stone identified by NMR spectroscopy. Environ Earth Sci 74, 5275–5282 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-015-4538-9

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