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Table 1 Thickness, pigment volume concentration PVC, and date of casting of oil paint films investigated, all made with cold-pressed linseed oil

From: Fracture toughness of aged oil paints

Pigments and driers

Thickness [µm]

PVC [%]

Date of casting

(dd/mm/yyyy)

Lead white

130

44

07.02.1990

Lead white with litharge

140

44

06.02.1990

Zinc white

260

35

04.12.1998

Titanium white

300

47

07.04.1992

Malachite

290

48

15.03.1990

Sap green

280

11.12.1998

Verdigris

420

53

25.01.1999

Raw umber

140

20

02.06.1992

Red iron oxide (1992)

190

12

06.01.1992

Red iron oxide (1998)

250

12

03.12.1998

Synthetic ultramarine

340

45

13.05.1992