Testing Materials
Books and products we recommend:
 Materials 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.
 Museum Materials sample booklet Ordering archival supplies can be difficult and confusing. This booklet provides sample materials of the most common supplies currently offered and discusses how they are used in museums. Organized by function, the booklet covers rigid materials, padding materials, ties and attachments, barrier materials and "bad" materials.
 Tech Bulletin #14 Working with Polyethylene Foam and Fluted Plastic Sheet by Carl Schlichting
Examines several techniques and illustrates a series of basic approaches that have been developed for working with polyethylene foam and fluted plastic. The many detailed illustrations clarify for the reader the fabrication methods described in the text.
NSCC Museum Materials Training Workshop
Links to related information on other sites:
Methods to test construction materials, housing materials, etc., before use
near museum objects or archival materials
http://www.iaq.dk/papers/tests.htm
1.15 Development of
Passive Monitors
for Museum Air Quality Measurements
http://www.getty.edu/conservation/science/abstracts/1.15.html
Pollutants - The Inside Danger - Microenvironments
http://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications/newsletters/8_1/env.html
Managing the Environment: An Update on Preventive Conservation
http://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications/newsletters/15_2/feature.html
1.7 Analysis of Volatile Organic
Compounds
from Museum Grade Materials.
http://www.getty.edu/conservation/science/abstracts/1.7.html
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