1. Union Carbide to market Wei T'o deacidification process.
- Author
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DeCandido, Graceanne A. and Rogers, Michael
- Subjects
BOOK deacidification ,PRESERVATION of paper ,MAGNESIUM carbonate ,ARCHIVES ,NATIONAL libraries - Abstract
Reports that Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Co. has agreed to use Wei T'o Associates Inc. preservation technology. Outlook for the use of the technology to preserve books, documents, maps, works of art, and other paper-based materials; Use of nonflammable materials by the system which fill paper with a nontoxic magnesium carbonate complex to neutralize acids and prevent further acid development; Use of the Wei T'o process to preserve documents such as the U.S. Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution; Treatment of books by the National Archives of Canada and the National Library of Canada with the system.
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- 1989