Historic textiles papers and polymers in museums : [Reports from two symposia that were presented at the national ACS meeting in Boston in 1998] Machine generated contents note: Textiles and Papers in Museums 1. Historic Textiles and Paper 2 Jeanette M. Cardamone 2. The Aging Degradation and Conservation of Historic Materials Made from Cellulosic Fibers 8 Jeanette M. Cardamone 3. Chemical and Physical Changes in Naturally and Accelerated Aged Cellulose 23 David Erhardt Charles S. Tumosa and Marion F. Mecklenburg 4. FTIR Study of Dyed and Undyed Cotton Fibers Recovered from a Marine Environment 38 Runying Chen and Kathryn Jakes 5. Characterization of Chemical and Physical Microstructure of Historic Fibers through Microchemical Reaction 55 Runying Chen and Kathryn A. Jakes 6. Degradation and Color Fading of Cotton Fabrics Dyed with Natural Dyes and Mordants74 N. Kohara C. Sano H. Ikuno Y. Magoshi M. A. Becker M. Yatagai and M. Saito 7. Degradation and Color Fading of Silk Fabrics Dyed with Natural Dyes and Mordants 86 Mamiko Yatagai Yoshiko Magoshi Mary A. Becker Chie Sano Harumi Ikuno Natsuko Kohara and Masako Saito 8. Measuring Silk Deterioration by High Performance Size Exclusion Chromatography Viscometry and Electrophoresis Season Tse and Anne Laurence Dupont 9. The Aging of Wool Fibers Ian L. Weatherall Polymers in Museums 10. Polymers in Museums Mary T. Baker 11. The Physical Properties of Photographic Film Polymers Subjected to Cold Storage Environments Charles S. Tumosa Marion F. Mecklenburg and Mark H. McCormick Goodhart 12. Probing the Factors That Control Degradation in Museum Collections of Cellulose Acetate Artefacts Jane Ballany David Littlejohn Richard A. Pethrick and Anita Quye 13. Spectroscopic Investigation of the Degradation of Vulcanized Natural Rubber Museum Artifacts Sandra A. Connors Alison Murray Ralph M. Paroli Ana H. Delgado and Jayne D. Irwin 14. Pyroxyline Paintings by Siqueiros: Visual and Analytical Examination of His Painting Techniques Celina Contreras de Berenfeld Alison Murray Kate Helwig and Barbara Keyser 15. Laser Surface Profilometry: A Novel Technique for the Examination of Polymer Surfaces S. A. Fairbrass and D. R. Williams Author Index Subject Index