Location and characterization of heterogeneous phases within Mary Rose wood

Jensen, Kirsten M.Ø.; Aluri, Esther Rani; Perez, Enrique Sanchez; Vaughan, Gavin B.M.; Di Michel, Marco; Schofield, Eleanor J.; Billinge, Simon J.L.; Cussen, Serena A.

doi:10.1016/j.matt.2021.09.026

Title: Location and characterization of heterogeneous phases within Mary Rose wood

Journal Article · Wed Oct 27 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · Matter (Online)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2021.09.026· OSTI ID:1844571

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Univ. of Copenhagen (Denmark)
Univ. of Sheffield (United Kingdom)
European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), Grenoble (France)
HM Naval Base, Portsmouth (United Kingdom). The Mary Rose Trust
Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Preserving the Mary Rose oak hull for future generations is a major challenge due to the highly heterogeneous nature of waterlogged wooden artifacts, which contain polycrystalline, amorphous, and nanostructured materials that test traditional characterization methods. Effective conservation requires detailed knowledge of the distribution and chemical nature of these species to develop strategies for preventing multiple chemo-mechanical degradation pathways. Here, we apply synchrotron-based computed tomography total scattering methods to the Mary Rose keelson wood that provides valuable position-resolved structural information on multiple embedded species of different length and concentration scales. We identify 5 nm zinc sulfide nanoparticles in the wood, presumably deposits from bacteria operating on the sulfur energy cycle under the anaerobic conditions on the seabed. These are identified as precursors to acid attack on the wood upon removal to an aerobic environment. These insights inform not only next-generation conservation strategies, but also the efficacy and unforeseen issues of previous treatments.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Mary Rose Trust; Leverhulme Trust; Villum Foundation; Danish Research Council

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 1844571

Report Number(s):: BNL-222737-2022-JAAM; TRN: US2302382

Journal Information:: Matter (Online), Vol. 5, Issue 1; ISSN 2590-2385

Publisher:: Cell Press/ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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