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Monitoring Pollutants & Particulates

Books and products we recommend:

Materials Testing KitMaterials Testing Kit Acid fumes are a danger to any collection. This kit provides information and supplies to aid in the testing of construction materials. The Materials Testing Kit includes 24 glass jars, acid detection strips, tweezers, silver coupons, lead coupons, aluminum foil, 1 sheet of preprinted labels and an instruction manual.
Materials Testing Kit $74.15
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Polished lead
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$22.15
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Polished silver
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A-D (Acid-Detection)
Strips (250)
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Materials Testing Kit Booklet $15.25
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Links to related information on other sites:

CARBONYL POLLUTANTS : A MUSEUM PERSPECTIVE
http://iaq.dk/iap/iap1998/1998_13.htm

Indoor Air Pollution in Museums and Archives
http://www.iaq.dk/

Indoor Air Pollution: Detection and Mitigation of Carbonyls, Presentation Abstracts and Additional Notes
http://www.iaq.dk/iap/iap1998/1998_contents.htm

Pollution in the photographic archive
- a practical approach to the problem

http://www.iaq.dk/papers/iada1999.htm

Indoor Air Pollution: Detection and Prevention
http://www.iaq.dk/iap/iap1999/1999_contents.htm

Ozone: an Invisible Menace
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/waac/wn/ wn05/wn05-1/wn05-102.html

Methods to test construction materials, housing materials, etc., before use near museum objects or archival materials
http://www.iaq.dk/papers/tests.htm

Air Pollution: Monitoring and Filtering
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/waac/wn/ wn03/wn03-1/wn03-101.html

Environmental Research at GCI
http://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications/newsletters/8_1/env.html

Pollutants - The Inside Danger - Microenvironments
http://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications/newsletters/8_1/env.html

Preventive Conservation - Ozone Alert
http://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications/newsletters/7_1/preventive.html

1.11 Museum Survey of Indoor PAN, Nitrogen Dioxide, Nitric Acid, Chlorinated Hydrocarbons, Sulfur Dioxide, and Total Reduced Sulfur
http://www.getty.edu/conservation/science/abstracts/1.11.html

1.12 Air Pollution Control Within Museum Display Cases by Active and Passive Sorbent Strategies.
http://www.getty.edu/conservation/science/abstracts/1.12.html

1.15 Development of Passive Monitors for Museum Air Quality Measurements
http://www.getty.edu/conservation/science/abstracts/1.15.html

1.7 Analysis of Volatile Organic Compounds from Museum Grade Materials.
http://www.getty.edu/conservation/science/abstracts/1.7.html

"Monitoring and beating the enemy within: Indoor-generated pollutants" by Cecily Grzywacz and Helen Alten
http://www.collectioncare.org/pubs/v1n4p1.html

"Screening Conservation, Storage and Exhibit Materials Using Acid-Detection Strips" by Catherine Nicholson and Elissa O'Loughlin
http://www.collectioncare.org/pubs/v1n4p4.html


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