DEACIDIFICATION FOR THE CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION OF PAPER-BASED WORKS: A REVIEW

Embrittlement threatens the useful lifetime of books, maps, manuscripts, and works of art on paper during storage, circulation, and display in libraries, museums, and archives. Past studies have traced much of the embrittlement to the Brønsted-acidic conditions under which printing papers have been...

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Main Authors: John W. Baty, Crystal L. Maitland, William Minter, Martin A. Hubbe, Sonja K. Jordan-Mowery
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: North Carolina State University 2010-07-01
Series:BioResources
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Online Access:http://ojs.cnr.ncsu.edu/index.php/BioRes/article/viewFile/BioRes_05_3_a_Baty_MMHJ_Deacidification_Paper_Review/806