Abstract
This study investigates the effect of reducing temperature on the emission of carboxylic acids and other volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released from museum objects. Volatile car-boxylic acids cause deterioration of cultural heritage collections, e.g. tarnishing of metals, salt efflorescence on calcareous structures, and acid hydrolysis of organic materials. The concen-trations of VOCs and carboxylic acids in air were determined in a test chamber set-up. Active sampling of VOCs was performed on Tenax TA® with subsequent thermal desorption and coupled gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (TDS-GC/MS) analysis. Carboxylic acids were trapped on silica gel tubes and analyzed by ion chromatography (IC). The results show that reducing the temperature from 23°C to 10°C will reduce the emission of carboxylic acids from selected cultural heritage materials to 27-68%.It has to be clarified if reducing tempera-ture can have a beneficial effect on air filtration requirements in repositories with passive cli-mate control in Northern Europe.
Original language | English |
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Publication date | 2018 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Event | INDOOR AIR 2018: 15th Conference on the International Society of Indoor Air Quality & Climate - ISIAQ & Drexel University, Philadelphia, United States Duration: 22 Jul 2017 → 27 Jul 2018 Conference number: 15 http://www.indoorair2018.org/ |
Conference
Conference | INDOOR AIR 2018 |
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Number | 15 |
Location | ISIAQ & Drexel University |
Country/Territory | United States |
City | Philadelphia |
Period | 22/07/2017 → 27/07/2018 |
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