Conservation of plastics
Subtitle: materials science, degradation and preservation
By: Yvonne Shashoua.
Contributors: State University College at Buffalo. Dept. of Art Conservation.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Boston; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780750664950
Subjects: Plastics -- Conservation.; Museum conservation methods.
Other titles: Art Conservation Department Library
Description: Provides key information on the definition of plastics, their history, technology, properties, identification, degradation, conservation, and further preservation.
Notes: Art Conservation Department Library.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Plastics in collections; title: Historical development of plastics; title: Technology of plastics production; title: Properties of plastics; title: Identification of plastics in collections; title: Degradation of plastics; title: Conservation of plastics; title: The future of plastics conservation; title: Appendix 1: Optical, physical, thermal and chemical properties of the most frequently collected plastics; title: Appendix 2: Fourier transform infrared spectra of polymers frequently found in collections; title: Appendix 3: Terms used to describe the degradation of plastics.