Ohio Shroud of Turin Conference Blog: New article by conference speakers in "Chemistry Today"
An article by two of the conference speakers, M. Sue Benford and Joseph Marino has been published by the peer-reviewed international journal "Chemistry Today" (www.chemistry-today.com) The article, entitled "Role of calcium carbonate in fiber discoloration on the Shroud of Turin," appears in the March-April 2008 issue (vol.26,no.2, pp. 57-62) and is accessible free online for 30 days starting May 12th. Free registration is required to view article. Afterward, it will be accessible only via subscription. According to Shroud expert and archaelogical chemist, Dr. Mary Virginia Orna of the College of New Rochelle (NY), ". . . the role of calcium carbonate in fiber discoloration and especially its relationship to the possible means of formation of the image on the Shroud of Turin describes a fascinating hypothesis and experiment . . . [the] hypothesis may provide the 'chink in the armor' of the hitherto un-crackable problem."
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