Indoor air pollution: Effects on cultural and historic materials

Baer, Norbert S.

doi:10.1016/0260-4779(85)90049-4

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“…Soot can be considered very harmful because it causes significant blackening (ref. 14) and, together with other organic compounds, it constitutes a medium for SO2 absorption (ref. 15).…”

Section: Effects Of Air Pollution On Museum Objectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cultural heritage and the environment

Grieken¹,

Delalieux²,

Gysels³

1998

Pure and Applied Chemistry

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Air pollution can have a significant influence on the weathering of monuments and on the deterioration of museum objects and prehistoric cave paintings. Three important mechanisms of stone weathering will be discussed, and an overview of analysis techniques invoked for the assessment of the degradation processes will be given. The effects of several air pollutants on works of art are reviewed, illustrated with examples of the micro-analysis of aerosols in two European museums. The influence of tourism on the preservation of prehistoric rock art is also addressed.

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“…Soot can be considered very harmful because it causes significant blackening (ref. 14) and, together with other organic compounds, it constitutes a medium for SO2 absorption (ref. 15).…”

Section: Effects Of Air Pollution On Museum Objectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cultural heritage and the environment

Grieken¹,

Delalieux²,

Gysels³

1998

Pure and Applied Chemistry

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“…Environmental strategy dependent upon various factors relating to building, instrument, and funding Woodwind instruments require conditioning before use due to risk of cracking Keyboard instruments particularly vulnerable to fluctuations due to tension exerted by strings Relative Humidity, continued Baer and Banks, 1985 Embrittlement and discolouration caused by sulphur oxides Baer and Banks, 1994 Remove at least 95% of all particulates using charcoal or equivalent filtration NBS, 1983 Levels of pollutants should not exceed 10 ppb Consider central air purification system in high ambient areas Lafontaine, 1979 Modem media (incl. photographs)…”

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“…Appropriate enclosures can give almost complete protection if no other control method is possible Guttman andJewett, 1993 Passaglia, 1989 Pollutants in combination with other environmental factors cause micro-blemishes Baer and Banks, 1985 Micro-blemishes caused by sulphur oxides and hydrogen sulphide Baer and Banks, 1994 Remove at least 95% of all particulates using charcoal or equivalent filtration…”

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Preventive Conservation of Paper-Based Collections Within Historic Buildings

Bülow

Colston²,

Watt

2002

Studies in Conservation

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The data have been used to determine whether the internal environment of enclosed bookcases, and hence the immediate environment of the collection, can be adequately predicted from ambient data taken within the room. Mathematical iii models have been developed for both metal and wooden bookcases, and have shown that even when the ambient conditions are unstable, the relationship between ambient RH and the RH inside a book in an enclosed bookcase can be predicted within a 5% margin (1% for a stable environment). iv LIST OF CONTENTSAbstract iii

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“…When formates and formic acid are found on stored or displayed artifacts or their casing materials, the prevailing assumption within the conservation community is that these products are derived from organic gas or vapours given off by paints, varnishes, adhesives, and wood products used to make the storage enclosures, display vitrines, and frames [42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49]. Experiments with many modern (and old) paints, varnishes, and adhesives have shown that short chained organic volatiles (such as CI-C4 acids) are given off during curing process.…”

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Characterization of corrosion products on old protective glass, especially daguerreotype cover glasses

1989

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The method of casing objects using a protective cover glass bound to the object using a tape or frame promotes glass corrosion on the inside surface of the cover glass in preference to the outside surface. The characterization of some of the corrosion products found on these glasses is discussed especially as it applied to cased! daguerreotypes. The geometry of these packages is responsible for the corrosion phenomenom. The types of corrosion products and the severity of the corrosion is a function of the bulk composition of individual cover glasses.

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Indoor air pollution: Effects on cultural and historic materials

Cited by 43 publications

References 34 publications

Cultural heritage and the environment

Cultural heritage and the environment

Preventive Conservation of Paper-Based Collections Within Historic Buildings

Characterization of corrosion products on old protective glass, especially daguerreotype cover glasses

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