Formation of zinc oxalate from zinc white in various oil binding media : the influence of atmospheric carbon dioxide by reaction with ¹³CO₂

The formation of metal oxalates in paintings has recently gained a great deal of interest within the field of heritage science as several types of oxalate compounds have been identified in oil paintings. The present work investigates the formation of metal oxalates in linseed oil in the presence of the artists’ pigments zinc white, calcite, lead wh...