# Schwalbe 1982: Physics and chemistry of the shroud of turin

> L.A. Schwalbe, R.N. Rogers, 1982. 8 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The baseline physical description of the image.

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# Physics and chemistry of the shroud of turin

L.A. Schwalbe, R.N. Rogers, 1982. _Analytica Chimica Acta 135(1): 3-49_.

The summary of the 1978 Shroud of Turin Research Project (STURP) examination: photography, UV fluorescence, reflectance and X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, radiography and microscopy. The body image is a superficial yellowing of the topmost fibrils, not a pigment layer; no single image-forming mechanism was identified.

**Shroud of Turin** Articledoi: **[10.1016/s0003-2670(01)85263-6](https://doi.org/10.1016/s0003-2670(01)85263-6)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The baseline physical description of the image.

## Cited by on this site 8 records

[STURP sticky-tape fibre samples](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shroud-of-turin/artifacts/ART0CWY2X7Y0Y0W/sturp-sticky-tape-fibre-samples)

ART

[STURP found the image colour in the fibrils themselves with no binder or brush marks.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shroud-of-turin/evidence/EVD0CWY2PN02FTV/sturp-found-the-image-colour-in-the-fibrils-themselves-with)

Evidence

EVD

[Secondo Pia photographs the cloth and sees a positive image on his negative](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shroud-of-turin/events/EVT0CWY2EBC5HAS/secondo-pia-photographs-the-cloth-and-sees-a-positive-image)

EVT

[The Shroud of Turin Research Project examines the cloth](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shroud-of-turin/events/EVT0CWY2EK65R1K/the-shroud-of-turin-research-project-examines-the-cloth)

EVT

[Secondo Pia](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shroud-of-turin/people/FIG0CWY2BX8285H/secondo-pia)

FIG

[The Shroud of Turin](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shroud-of-turin)

The mystery article

MYS

[Shroud of Turin Research Project (STURP)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shroud-of-turin/organisations/ORG0CWY2CWG568J/shroud-of-turin-research-project-sturp)

ORG

[How was the image made?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shroud-of-turin/questions/QST0CWY2H943JFZ/how-was-the-image-made)

Question

QST

## Cite it

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Schwalbe, L., & Rogers, R. (1982). Physics and chemistry of the shroud of turin. Analytica Chimica Acta 135(1): 3-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0003-2670(01)85263-6
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[Find it at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1016/s0003-2670(01)85263-6)

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