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Protection of Archival Record From Pollutants the Diffusion of SO2 Through Archival Boxboard

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

Charles M. Guttman  and
Kenneth L. Jewett
Charles M. Guttman
Affiliation:
Polymers Division, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD 20899
Kenneth L. Jewett
Affiliation:
Polymers Division, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD 20899
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Abstract

The diffusion constants of sulfur dioxide in boxboards, commonly used to store archival documents, have been measured. For the most common boxes used by National Archives and Record Administration a diffusion constant of about 0.001 cm2 / sec was determined independent of gas concentration. These results are discussed in terms of a model of the microenvironment provided by these boxboards as used in archival storage.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 267: Symposium J – Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology III , 1992 , 447
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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