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Paper and water : a guide for conservators / Gerhard Banik, Irene Bruckle ; with contributions by Vincent Daniels ... [et al.]

Record no:

65534

Call no:

025.84 BAN

Author:

Banik, Gerhard ; Bruckle, Irene

Publisher:

London: Routledge

Year:

2012

Description:

xxxii, 544 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. + 1 DVD-ROM

Subject:

Paper - Preservation;
Paper;
Water;
Cellulose;

Isbn:

9780750668316

Notes:

First published by Butterworth-Heinemann, 2011.

Type:

Book

Abstract:

A reference and teaching compendium for conservation professionals involved in the preservation of paper objects in archives, libraries and fine art museums around the world.

Contents:

1. Relevant chemistry -- 2. Properties of water -- 3. Dissociation of water: acids and bases -- 4. Structure and properties of dry and wet paper -- 5. Effect of pulp processing on paper-water interactions -- 6. Effect of sizing on paper-water interactions

-- 7. Paper drying in the manufacturing process -- 8. Paper ageing and the influence of water -- 9. The introduction of water into paper -- 10. The rate of discolouration removal from paper by washing -- 11. Washing paper in conservation -- 12. Aqueous deacidification of paper -- 13. Drying paper in conservation practice -- 14. Aqueous treatment in context.

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