Analytical Science and Technology (분석과학)

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Analysis of ambers with different origin by IR and py/GC/MS

산지별 호박(amber)의 IR 및 py/GC/MS 특성 분석

  • Park, Jong-Seo (Research Division of Restoration Technology, National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage) ;
  • Lim, Yu-Jin (Research Division of Restoration Technology, National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage)
  • 박종서 (국립문화재연구소 복원기술연구실) ;
  • 임유진 (국립문화재연구소 복원기술연구실)
  • Received : 2011.07.06
  • Accepted : 2011.07.29
  • Published : 2011.08.25
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Abstract

Ambers have been used as a gemstone and a religious object since the ancient times and found in several archaeological sites in Korea. To prepare an enhanced conservation measures, we surveyed the chemical and spectroscopic properties of the ambers according to the provenance. Total 14 amber samples were collected from 6 different provenances including Baltic, Chiapas, Colombian, Dominican, Fushun and Madagascar amber. Infrared (IR) spectroscopic analysis was conducted for the non-destructive examination of the amber samples. They were also analyzed with pyrolysis/GC/MS (py/GC/MS) at the pyrolysis temperature of $300^{\circ}C$ with the on-line derivatization to trimethylsilyl ester. Baltic shoulder corresponding to the absorption at $1250cm^{-1}{\sim}1150cm^{-1}$ appeared in the IR spectrum of Baltic amber. IR spectra of the other ambers also showed somewhat distinctive characteristic peaks. In py/GC/MS analysis peaks assignable to succinic acid, dehydroabietic acid and pimaric acid were detected, which are known to be the components of the amber. In the meanwhile, the presence of compounds appearing in certain amber will be applied to differentiate the provenances of amber relics if their fragments are available for the analysis. These results are expected to help the confirmation of archaeological amber relics and archaeometric interpretation of provenances and manufacturing techniques.

호박유물의 적절한 보존방안 마련에 필요한 호박의 화학적 분광학적 특성을 Infrared (IR) 분석과 pyrolysis/GC/MS (py/GC/MS) 분석을 통해 조사하였다. 호박 시료는 Baltic, Chiapas, Colombian, Dominican, Fushun, Madagascar 호박 등 6개의 산지에서 총 14종을 확보하였다. 시료의 비파괴적 조사를 위해 IR 분석을 실시하였고, 고분자 구성 성분 조사를 위해 py/GC/MS를 $300^{\circ}C$ 열분해 온도에서 온라인 trimethylsilylation을 통하여 분석하였다. IR 분석에서는 대체적으로 산지에 관계없이 유사한 스펙트럼을 보였으나, 지문영역에서는 Baltic 호박의 경우 Baltic shoulder에 해당하는 $1250cm^{-1}{\sim}1150cm^{-1}$에서 흡수가 나타나는 등 각각의 산지별로 구분이 가능한 차별화된 IR 스펙트럼이 관찰되었다. py/GC/MS 분석에서는 succinic acid, pimaric acid 등 호박의 구성성분으로 알려진 물질들이 검출되었고, Baltic, Chiapas, Fushun 호박의 경우 산지 구분이 가능한 특정성분이 검출되었다. 이러한 결과는 발견 및 발굴 유물에서 호박을 확인하거나, 산지 및 제작기술 추정 등 고고과학적인 해석의 기초 자료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

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