Greener Solvents in Conservation An Introductory Guide

About this book

This handbook, published in association with Sustainability in Conservation focuses on organic solvents, their impact on human health and the environment and how they might potentially affect the materials of the artefacts which are worked on by conservators. The aim is to assist in the eradication of the widespread use of the most harmful solvents by providing information to enable their identification and the most straightforward ways of determining alternatives that may be used in their place.

Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgements
List of contributors

Introduction / Izabella Gill-Brown and Gwendoline R. Fife (with a contribution from Fergal Byrne)
Chapter 1. Considerations in defining greener solvents for conservation / Karoline Sofie Hennum and Marie Desrochers (with a contribution from Justine Wuebold and Matthew Eckelman)
Chapter 2. A history of ‘green’ solvents in conservation / Aline Assumpção and Lucile Pourret
Chapter. 3 Practical steps to greener solutions / Gwendoline R. Fife (with a contribution from Melissa Lewis)

Glossary
Bibliography

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