Prof David Watkinson Project: AHRC/CDA in partnership with
Historic Scotland and the Tank Museum Quantifying corrosion of
historical wrought iron and steel to develop predictive
preservation methods and strategies Tank at the Tank Museum
(copyright: Tank Museum) This AHRC/CDA studentship project
begins in October 2012. It will quantitatively determine
corrosion rates of wrought iron and modern steels then assess
the performance of selected protective coatings on their
surfaces within a range of controlled environments. The data
will be contextualized for heritage by examining how it can be
used in evidence based management of ferrous metal heritage.
Project partners are Historic Scotland and The Tank Museum, who
will take an active part in the research, trial its outcomes and
offer strong communication routes for dissemination to the
sector. This 3-year £365,000 interdisciplinary project was
awarded to Cardiff University and is funded by the AHRC/EPSRC
Science and Heritage Large Grants programme . David Watki