Chapter 13. Book and Paper Preservation

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

• Introduction

• Mechanisms of Paper Deterioration

  • Paper Deterioration by Aging

  • Oxidative Deterioration Processes

  • Alterations due to Paper Aging

    • Yellowing

    • Embrittlement of Paper

• Development of Mass Deacidification Processes

  • Overview

  • History of Commercial Mass Deacidification

    • BPA Process

    • The DEZ Process

    • The Wei T'o Process.

    • The British Library Process

    • The Lithco Process

• Current Commercial Processes

  • Papersave Process®

  • The Bookkeeper Process

  • Magnesium Oxide Dust

  • Aqueous Processes

    • Bückeburger Process

    • The Austrian National Library Process

• Strengthening Old and Brittle Paper

  • Overview

  • Preservation of Originals by (Mechanical) Paper Splitting (Leipzig Paper Splitting Technique)

• Commercial Prospects

• References