48605
Accession Number
31909
Title Of Article Chaper
The use of redesigned and mechanically modified commercial freezers to dry water-wetted books and exterminate insects
Title Of Journal Book
Restaurator: international journal for the preservation of library and archival material
Volume
6
Issue
44259
Pages
165-190
Collation
2 figs., 24 refs.
ISBN
0034-5806
Language Of Text
English
Language Of Summary
English;French;German
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
Reports on the background, modification and use of a supermarket ice cream freezer in 1) drying water-wetted books and 2) exterminating insects. The dryer-exterminator constructed is capable (1) of drying 2-300 books in 2-4 weeks or (2) of exterminating the insects in 4-600 books per 3-day cycle.
Keywords
Book freeze drying;Paper freeze drying;Library pest; Disinfection freeze; Book disinfection;Paper biodeterioration insect AATA
pub_id
48605