TY - JOUR
T1 - Iron-gall ink studies on acid and alkaline papers and their relation to cellulose microbiological degradation
AU - Da Costa, Antonio C.A.
AU - Do N. Corrêa, Fernanda
AU - De S. Sant'Anna, Gustavo
AU - Hannesch, Ozana
AU - Tonietto, Gisele B.
AU - José, José Marcus
AU - De A. Gonçalves, Rodrigo
AU - Lutterbach, Márcia T.S.
N1 - Funding Information:
Authors would like to thank FAPERJ for the Ph.D. scholarship to Fernanda do N. Corrêa, through PPG-EQ/UERJ. We also thank CNPq for the scholarships to Gustavo de S. Sant'Anna (PCI/MAST) and Antonio C. A. da Costa (Produtividade CNPq). We also thank the Museum of Astronomy and Related Sciences, for providing original paper samples (duplicates of documents) for the present study. Finally, authors would like to thank CENANO/INT for the scanning electron microscopy of paper samples.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Universitatea "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" din Iasi.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - This paper describes the effect of various iron-gall inks on acid and alkaline papers and their relation to biodeterioration. Different types of papers were used in the present study, where several tests were performed: spot-tests for lignin and starch detection, chemical digestion to quantify total iron content, desorption studies to remove iron from the papers, followed by accelerated artificial aging, scanning electron microscopic studies and biodeterioration tests. Results indicated that lignin was only detected on acid papers, while starch was detected both on acid and alkaline papers. Treatment with calcium phytate proved to be an efficient process to remove excess iron from the inks. Scanning electron microscopic images showed distinct surface spreading of inks on the papers, depending on the iron content. Finally, in the absence of any other carbon source, papers strips containing iron-gall inks proved to be amenable to biodeterioration, indicating that chemical and biochemical deterioration simultaneously occur.
AB - This paper describes the effect of various iron-gall inks on acid and alkaline papers and their relation to biodeterioration. Different types of papers were used in the present study, where several tests were performed: spot-tests for lignin and starch detection, chemical digestion to quantify total iron content, desorption studies to remove iron from the papers, followed by accelerated artificial aging, scanning electron microscopic studies and biodeterioration tests. Results indicated that lignin was only detected on acid papers, while starch was detected both on acid and alkaline papers. Treatment with calcium phytate proved to be an efficient process to remove excess iron from the inks. Scanning electron microscopic images showed distinct surface spreading of inks on the papers, depending on the iron content. Finally, in the absence of any other carbon source, papers strips containing iron-gall inks proved to be amenable to biodeterioration, indicating that chemical and biochemical deterioration simultaneously occur.
KW - Acid papers
KW - Alkaline papers
KW - Biodeterioration
KW - Iron content
KW - Scanning electron microscopy
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M3 - Article
SN - 2067-533X
VL - 9
SP - 413
EP - 428
JO - International Journal of Conservation Science
JF - International Journal of Conservation Science
IS - 3
ER -