Historic Textiles, Papers, and Polymers in Museums

Content: Machine generated contents note: Textiles and Papers in Museums 1. Historic Textiles and Paper 2 --
Jeanette M. Cardamone 2. The Aging, Degradation, and Conservation of Historic Materials --
Made from Cellulosic Fibers 8 --
Jeanette M. Cardamone 3. Chemical and Physical Changes in Naturally and Accelerated --
Aged Cellulose 23 --
David Erhardt, Charles S. Tumosa, and Marion F. Mecklenburg 4. FTIR Study of Dyed and Undyed Cotton Fibers Recovered --
from a Marine Environment 38 --
Runying Chen and Kathryn Jakes 5. Characterization of Chemical and Physical Microstructure --
of Historic Fibers through Microchemical Reaction 55 --
Runying Chen and Kathryn A. Jakes 6. Degradation and Color Fading of Cotton Fabrics Dyed with --
Natural Dyes and Mordants74 --
N. Kohara, C. Sano, H. Ikuno, Y. Magoshi, M.A. Becker, --
M. Yatagai, and M. Saito 7. Degradation and Color Fading of Silk Fabrics Dyed with --
Natural Dyes and Mordants 86 --
Mamiko Yatagai, Yoshiko Magoshi, Mary A. Becker, Chie Sano, --
Harumi Ikuno, Natsuko Kohara, and Masako Saito --
8. Measuring Silk Deterioration by High-Performance --
Size-Exclusion Chromatography, Viscometry, and --
Electrophoresis--
Season Tse and Anne-Laurence Dupont 9. The Aging of Wool Fibers --
Ian L. Weatherall Polymers in Museums 10. Polymers in Museums --
Mary T. Baker 11. The Physical Properties of Photographic Film Polymers --
Subjected to Cold Storage Environments --
Charles S. Tumosa, Marion F. Mecklenburg, and --
Mark H. McCormick-Goodhart 12. Probing the Factors That Control Degradation in Museum --
Collections of Cellulose Acetate Artefacts --
Jane Ballany, David Littlejohn, Richard A. Pethrick, and --
Anita Quye 13. Spectroscopic Investigation of the Degradation of Vulcanized --
Natural Rubber Museum Artifacts --
Sandra A. Connors, Alison Murray, Ralph M. Paroli, --
Ana H. Delgado, and Jayne D. Irwin 14. Pyroxyline Paintings by Siqueiros: Visual and Analytical --
Examination of His Painting Techniques --
Celina Contreras de Berenfeld, Alison Murray, Kate Helwig, --
and Barbara Keyser 15. Laser Surface Profilometry: A Novel Technique for the --
Examination of Polymer Surfaces --
S.A. Fairbrass and D.R. Williams Author Index Subject Index.