“…In order to better understand the degradation process, evaluate the ageing status, and provide suggestions for the effective preservation of historic or archaeological silk, artificial ageing was often employed to stimulate the ageing process. Artificial ageing was achieved in a controlled environment with ultra violet(UV) radiation, soil embedding, volatile organic compounds(VOC), inorganic gas, animal flesh, or elevated temperature and humidity (Kang, 2009;Baek et al, 2012;Kim et al, 2012;Kim et al, 2013;Kim et al, 2014;Oh et al, 2014;Kim et al, 2016;Park et al, 2018;Park et al, 2019). Among these factors, dry-heat accelerated ageing was adopted in this study, based on the mechanism of ageing starting from a single fiber and then spreading to the whole fabric.…”