26377
Accession Number
4652
Title Of Article Chaper
Waterlogged artifacts: the challenge to conservation
Title Of Journal Book
Journal of the Canadian Conservation Institute
Volume
2
Pages
17-26
Collation
17 figs.
Language Of Text
English;French
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
Five basic approaches to dimensional stabilization of wood are listed. Older approaches to conservation of waterlogged artifacts as well as modern conservation methods for total or partial bulking, removal of free water, internal or external coatings, reduction of natural hygroscopicity of wood, and chemical cross linking are described.
Keywords
Wood, waterlogged; Wood, waterlogged conservation; Wood, waterlogged polyethylene glycol; Wood, waterlogged acetone rosin; Wood, waterlogged freeze drying; Wood, waterlogged ether dammar; Wood, waterlogged monomer ICCROM
pub_id
26377