David Thickett

Biographic Data

ID3795142
NAMEDavid Thickett
GIVEN NAMESDavid
FAMILY NAMEThickett
SIGNATURETHICKETT D
AFFILIATIONSEnglish Heritage
ORCID0000-0002-5456-6080
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS5
WORKS AS AUTHOR11
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2009
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Drying the Tears of ‘Weeping’ Glass—The Coburg Magnesium Chloride Experience

    Open AccessHeiner Grieb, Katja Franziska Siebel et al.ARTICLEHeritage2026

    A relative humidity (RH) of 30–40% was considered optimal for the ‘sick’ glasses of the Veste Coburg Art Collections to prevent further corrosion at higher humidity values and crizzling on drying of the gel layer at lower levels. This has been achieved since 1993 by using saturated solutions of magnesium chloride in display cases, providing a constant humidity of 33%. These solutions also absorb volatile harmful ‘carbonyl’ and other pollutants. A…

  • Non-Invasive Preservation Assessment of Archaeological Animal Bones by Complementary Imaging Techniques

    Open AccessChristopher A Pearce, Fabien Léonard et al.ARTICLEHeritage2025References: 7

    The preservation of archaeological bone is of great importance for both archaeological and conservation science studies. Traditional methods of preservation assessment, such as attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR), are minimally invasive and destructive. Neutron and X-ray tomography offer a totally non-invasive novel analysis method for the state of preservation of archaeological bones. Seven archaeologi…

  • Sustainability of Managing Archaeological Iron Collections

    Open AccessDavid Thickett, Patrycja Petrasz et al.ARTICLEHeritage2025

    The sustainability of managing archaeological iron collections presents both environmental and economic challenges for heritage institutions. Energy-intensive climate control and rising operational costs necessitate evaluation of conservation treatments and preventive storage strategies. This study examines the environmental impacts of treatments commonly used for archaeological iron, including sodium hydroxide and sodium disulfite desalination, …

  • Sustainability of Maintaining Glass Collections

    Open AccessDavid Thickett, Antanas MelinisARTICLEHeritage2025References: 2

    Maintaining a tight RH range for unstable glass is energy- and carbon-intensive. The carbon footprint of several methods for controlling showcases and storerooms, including sorbents, dehumidifiers and sorbents, Miniclima, and RK2, has been measured. Dehumidifiers outperformed Miniclima and RK2 units in control capability, but all three exhibited a higher carbon footprint than passive control methods. However, tailoring the right conditions for th…

  • Beyond Heritage Science

    Open AccessCraig Kennedy, Craig J Kennedy et al.ARTICLEHeritage2024

    Heritage science is an established and thriving field of enquiry. Initially considered as inherently cross-disciplinary, encompassing both the needs of conservators and practitioners and the high-quality evidence produced by scientists, heritage science has, through its expansion in recent years, formed a discipline in its own right. Here, we examine how heritage science can, and to an extent has, moved beyond the straightforward scientific analy…

  • Practical Use of Damage Functions for Environmental Preventive Conservation and Sustainability—Examples from Naturally Ventilated Buildings

    Open AccessDavid ThickettARTICLEHeritage2023References: 3

    This work explores the potential of using damage functions to assess cultural heritage environments. Changes caused by dimensional variation due to fluctuations in relative humidity are assessed using two accessible functions, and a third is discussed. The risk of mould growth is assessed from a time series of temperature and RH data. The results of previous studies comparing predictions from four functions to observed mould formation are reviewe…

  • Analysing Objects to Tailor Environmental Preventive Conservation

    Open AccessDavid Thickett, Nicola Emmerson et al.ARTICLEHeritage2022References: 3

    This work explores the potential of analyzing individual objects to improve their preventive conservation. Previously, environmental recommendations have been based on an average or worst response of material groups. Cultural heritage objects are extremely variable and within a group such as archaeological iron a very wide range of responses are shown. Characterizing a single object’s response allows its environment to be tailored to its requirem…

  • Oxygen Depletion Testing of Metals

    Open AccessDavid ThickettARTICLEHeritage2021

    The altered nature of archaeological metals means they deteriorate at much lower relative humidity (RH) conditions than historical metals. The study of deterioration for such materials is hampered by their complexity, variability and difficulties in measuring deterioration. Placing an object in a sealed container, controlling the RH and pollutant gases and measuring any decrease in oxygen concentration is an accessible method to measure the deter…

  • Simulation of particulate matter ingress, dispersion and deposition in a historical building

    Open AccessJosep Grau-Bové, Josep Grau‐bové et al.ARTICLEJournal of Cultural Heritage2016Cited by: 2References: 19

  • Pollution monitoring by dosimetry and passive diffusion sampling for evaluation of environmental conditions for paintings in microclimate frames

    Open AccessTerje Grøntoft, Marianne Odlyha et al.ARTICLEJournal of Cultural Heritage2010Cited by: 2References: 5

  • The cementation of coarse dust to indoor surfaces

    Open AccessPeter Brimblecombe, David Thickett et al.ARTICLEJournal of Cultural Heritage2009Cited by: 1References: 8