Dr Melanie Rimmer
Position:Research Associate
Email:rimmermb@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone:+44 (0)29 208 70122
Extension:70122
Location:John Percival Building, room 5.46
Telephone:+44 (0)29 208 70122
Extension:70122
Location:John Percival Building, room 5.46
Research Interests
- Corrosion and conservation of archaeological iron
- Analytical techniques in conservation science
- Management strategies for heritage preservation
- In situ preservation of materials
- Use of data and statistics in conservation science
Current Research Project
Conservation of iron
This 3-year £365,000 interdisciplinary project is funded by the AHRC/EPSRC Science and Heritage Large Grants programme. Its main aim is to define and measure the variables which influence the corrosion rate of archaeological and historic iron artefacts, and develop methods of measuring the corrosive potential of storage and display environments. This is the first large-scale study to measure the corrosion rate of archaeological iron in real-time.