Paper and water : a guide for conservators / Gerhard Banik, Irene Bruckle.

Collection type	Library
Author	Banik, Gerhard.; Bruckle, Irene.;
Call Number	PL-Con
Document type	Monograph
Year	2011.
Pagination	xxxii, 544 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Publisher	Butterworth-Heinemann,
Note	Includes DVD. Formerly CIP. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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.
Place made	Oxford :

Abstract

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 conservation -- 12. Aqueous deac idification of paper -- 13. Drying paper in conservation practice -- 14. Aqueous treatment in context.