ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT: The paper presents several innovated or newly developed techniques for testing historic materials which enable to acquire material characteristics not achievable in another way due to specific constraints posed by the conservation policies. Affordable methods for surface sorption and for assessment of surface cohesion are presented with nonstandard testing strengths of materials and strengthening effects of various consolidation agents. In contrast, the paper includes references to modern equipment supported methods, e.g. digital image correlation measurements or x-ray microtomography.
