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Adhesive compendium for conservation

documentary heritage

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Catalogue

  • Object Type
  • Name/Title
    Adhesive compendium for conservation
  • Primary Maker
  • Contributor/Publisher
    Canadian Conservation Institute
  • Place
  • Date
    2015?
  • Physical Description

    x, 256 pages : colour illustrations, graphs, tables ; 28 cm

  • ISBN/ISSN
    9780660203195
  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

    1 item in this collection. View all items.

  • Subject Category
  • Content
    Introduction. Definitions ; Selecting adhesives and consolidants for conservation ; Bonding ; Adhesion and cohesion ; Types of bond failure ; Polymers ; Thermoplastic polymers ; Thermosetting polymers ; Polymer molecular weight / Jane L. Down -- Liquid adhesive properties. Adhesive composition ; Solutions ; Solubility parameters ; Selecting safer solvents for adhesives ; Dispersions and emulsions ; Other additives in adhesives ; Wetting ; Viscosity ; pH ; Shelf life / Jane L. Down -- Bonding. Clean surfaces and surface preparation ; Substrate fit ; Adhesive and substrate contact ; Bond thickness ; Joint design ; Setting mechanisms ; Setting time ; Shrinkage on setting / Jane L. Down -- Solid adhesive properties. Glass transition temperature ; Mechanical properties ; Coefficients of expansion ; Optical properties ; Aging and testing adhesives ; Removing adhesives / Jane L. Down -- A brief introduction to consolidation issues. Consolidants ; Achieving penetration ; Avoiding reverse migration ; Consolidation techniques ; Removability of consolidants / George Wheeler and Stefan Michalski -- Technical and aging information on adhesive classes. Organic - Natural (Proteins [animal glues, fish glues, etc.] ; Polysaccharides [starches, destrins, etc.] ; Cellulose ethers [methylcellulose, hydroxyethylcellulose, etc.] ; Cellulose esters - Cellulose acetate - Ccellulose nitrate ; Shellac) ; Organic - Synthetic (Poly [vinyl acetates] and copolymers ; Poly [vinyl alcohols] ; Poly [vinyl butyrals] ; Acrylics ; Cyanoacrylates ; Poly [2-ethyl-2-oxazoline] ; Epoxy resins ; Soluble nylon) ; Partially inorganic (Silicones [polysiloxanes] and silanes / Jane L. Down -- Choosing adhesives and/or consolidants for conservation treatments. Introduction / Carole Dignard ; Paper artifacts / Sherry Guild and Anne F. Maheux ; Photographic materials / Gregory Hill ; Books / Lynn Curry and Genevieve Samson ; Leather and skin / Carole Dignard and Janet Mason ; Textiles / Irene F. Karsten and Jan Vuori ; Basketry / Ruth E. Norton ; Paintings / Wendy Baker ; Archaeological bone and ivory / Tara Grant ; Furniture and wooden objects / Donald C. Williams ; Waterlogged arhcaeological wood / David W. Grattan ; Plastic and rubbers / Julia Fenn ; Ceramics and glass / Stephen P. Koob ; Fossil vertebrate specimens / Amy Davidson, Lisa Kronthal Elkin and Samantha Alderson ; Stone / George Wheeler.
  • Public Access Text

    Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-236) and index.

  • Collection Type
    Conservation Library
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    19 Dec 2023
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