Indoor Air Pollution:

Detection and Mitigation of Carbonyls,
Presentation Abstracts and Additional Notes

held at :
The University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland
17-18 June 1998


Edited by Lorraine Gibson, The Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage, 1999.

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Contents:

Foreword, Introductions, Aims, and Summary of Conclusions

Prof Peter Brimblecombe, University of East Anglia, UK
THRESHOLDS AND DAMAGE

Dr Derrick Crump, The Building Research Establishment, UK
STANDARDISATION OF AIR SAMPLING METHODS

Jean Tétreault, The Canadian Conservation Institute, Canada
STANDARDS FOR LEVELS OF INDOOR POLLUTANTS IN MUSEUMS

Dr Lorraine Gibson, The University of Strathclyde, UK
STANDARDISATION: IS IT ESSENTIAL?

Sue Bradley and David Thickett, The British Museum, UK
THE POLLUTANT PROBLEM IN PERSPECTIVE

Dr Frank Ligterink, Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage, The Netherlands
DIFFERENT PASSIVE SAMPLING SYSTEMS FROM A PHYSICAL POINT OF VIEW

Laura Ridge and Dr Simon Watts, Oxford-Brookes University, UK
TURBULENCE: A STUDY OF THE IMPACT WHEN MAKING INDOOR MEASUREMENTS

Cecily Grzywacz, The Getty Conservation Institute, USA
GCI POLLUTION RESEARCH: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED AND WHAT ARE WE DOING NOW?

Dr Mike Morris, University College Cork, Ireland
PASSIVE SORBENTS FOR ORGANIC ACID REMOVAL

Agnes Brokerhof, Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage, The Netherlands
APPLICATION OF SORBENTS TO PROTECT CALCAREOUS MATERIALS AGAINST ACETIC ACID VAPOURS

Raymond Heesters, Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage, The Netherlands
PREPARATION, ANALYSIS AND CALIBRATION OF FORMALDEHYDE BADGES

Morten Ryhl-Svendsen, The School of Conservation, Copenhagen, Denmark
SOLVING OFF-GASSING PROBLEMS IN DANISH MUSEUMS, CURRENT KNOWLEDGE AND METHODS

Dr Kathy Eremin, The Royal Museum of Scotland, UK
CARBONYL POLLUTANTS, A MUSEUM PERSPECTIVE: PAST PROBLEMS AND FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES

Dr Nigel Blades, The University of East Anglia, UK
A STUDY OF LESSER-KNOWN POLLUTANTS - VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN DISPLAY CASES

Helen Coxon, The Royal Ontario Museum, Canada
FUZZY FOSSILS, CRYSTALLIZING CERAMICS AND OTHER PROBLEMS

Janet Berry, The National Trust, UK
SHOWCASE POLLUTION AT CRAGSIDE

Summary of Discussion Sessions.


Sponsored by :
The University of Strathclyde, The Conservation Bureau (Historic Scotland), The Getty Conservation Institute and Dionex UK.

This document has been collated and prepared by the Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage. Enquiries and correspondence should be addressed to The Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage, Gabriel Metsustraat 8, 1071 EA Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Responsibility for statements made in the abstracts and summary discussion statements printed herein rests solely with the contributors.

HTML by Morten Ryhl-Svendsen, April 2000

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