The Formation of Microenvironments in Polyester Enclosures
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Journal article
Creator (person)
Garside, Paul
Walker, Olivia
Date published
March 12, 2015
Abstract
Inert polyester sheets, such as Melinex and Mylar, are widely used in conservation to create envelope-like enclosures for storing and protecting flat objects (paper, parchment, papyrus, etc.). These materials are known to be chemically stable and present no direct risks to the enclosed items; however, as the films have a low permeability, such enclosures may lead to the creation of internal microenvironments. This will both limit the response to external changes and potentially trap any internally generated volatiles with the object. The likelihood of different forms of enclosures doing so is investigated in this paper. The resulting data will help to inform decisions about choices of construction of enclosures for particular objects, environments and purposes.
Journal title
Journal of Conservation and Museum Studies
Volume
13
Issue
1
Article number
4
Publisher
Ubiquity Press
Place of publication
UK
ISSN
2049-4572
eISSN
1364-0429
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