Acetic and formic acids emitted from wood samples and their effect on selected materials in museum environments

Corrosion Science

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 172-178

  Gibson, L T ^a   Watt, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric corrosion

Indexed keywords

EGG SHELLS; SIMULATED EXPERIMENTS; WOOD SAMPLES;

ACETIC ACID; ATMOSPHERIC CORROSION; DRYING; LIMESTONE; ORGANIC ACIDS; PH EFFECTS; SODIUM; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; VAPORS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

FORMIC ACID;

ACETIC ACID; CHEMISTRY; CORROSION; DRYING; FORMIC ACID; ORGANIC ACIDS; PH; SODIUM; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VAPORS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 74249107013     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2009.08.054     Document Type: Article

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