19657
Accession Number
33210
Title Of Article Chaper
Secret sabotage: reassessing museum plastics in display and storage
Title Of Journal Book
Resins ancient and modern: pre-prints of the SSCR's resins conference held in Aberdeen, 13-14 September 1995
Pages
38-41
Reference Bibliography
8 bibliog. refs.
Publisher
Scottish Society for Conservation & Restoration
Publisher City
Edinburgh
ISBN
0952-6415-OX
Language Of Text
English
Language Of Summary
English
Literature Type
Monograph : Proceedings
Literature Level
Analytic
Meeting
Resins ancient and modern (2)
Meeting Country
United Kingdom
Abstract
These are some preliminary results from an on-going project investigating whether plastic support materials are significantly affected by normal levels of indoor pollution. Preliminary results suggest that they can absorb enough contaminants to become corrosive but that the effects are not necessarily predictable or visible.
Keywords
Contemporary art; Plastic material; Synthetic resin; Deterioration; Interior; Museum; Air pollution; Analysis
pub_id
19657
Meeting Date
19950913-19950914