10470
Accession Number
5404
Title Of Article Chaper
Mass deacidification with diethyl zinc, large-scale trials
Title Of Journal Book
Preprints of papers presented at the sixth annual meeting of the American Institute for Conservation, Fort Worth, Texas, 1-4 June 1978
Pages
81-92
Publisher
American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
Publisher City
Washington
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Meeting
Annual Meeting of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works. 6.
Meeting City
Fort Worth, Texas
Abstract
Mass deacidification with diethyl zinc vapor was accomplished safely and without serious difficulty on a 400-book scale. Treated books and maps had a pH of about 7.5 and contained 1 to 3% zno. The process cycle took about 8 days. Air and moisture must be excluded in the process. No detrimental effects on map colours, paper, leather, vinyl or pyroxylin were noted, and paper life is extended nearly fourfold in accelerated ageing tests.
Keywords
Paper, deacidification; Book, conservation; Paper, deacidification vapour phase ICCROM
pub_id
10470
Meeting Date
19780601-19780604