Paper aging and degradation: Recent findings and research methods

BioResources

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 5307-5337

  Area, María Cristina ^a,b   Cheradame, Hervé ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MISIONES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D EVRY VAL D ESSONNE   (France)

Author keywords

Paper aging; Paper chemistry; Paper degradation

Indexed keywords

ACID HYDROLYSIS; CELLULOSIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL CHANGE; LIBRARY COLLECTIONS; MULTICOMPONENTS; MULTIPARAMETERS; OXIDATIVE AGENTS; PAPER AGING; PAPER CHEMISTRY; PAPER COMPOSITION; PAPER DEGRADATION; RESEARCH METHODS; STORAGE CONDITION; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS;

CELLULOSE; DEGRADATION; DETERIORATION; WOOD;

PAPER;

AGING; CELLULOSE; CONSERVATION; DEGRADATION; PAPER; WOOD;

EID: 84856421323     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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