New adsorbting moisture buffer for preserving library, archive and museum materials

Abstract

A new adsorbent for maintaining air relative moisture in show-cases, boxes for deposits and containers for trans-porting library, museum and archive values is described. The results of testing this material in SPSTL SB RAS and the Institute of archeology and ethnography of RAS are discussed.

Keywords

• conservation
• moisture buffer
• hygrostat
• adsorbent
• archives
• libraries
• museums