Odor in Indian books

From: Tom Strang <*tom=strang%crs%cci=hq=admah*> Date: Monday, January 10, 1994 · tom=strang%crs%cci=hq=admah

Several years back we had several opportunities to check the odour given
off from boxes of books sent from India.  The clients were concerned
that they might be smelling a fumigant.  We performed two analyses with
GC-MSD on headspace samples looking for bromine peaks.  At the time
methyl bromide was considered the most likely fumigant.  Bromine was not
detected.

Tom Strang
Conservation Scientist
Canadian Conservation Institute

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