Deterioration of synthetic rubber

Roxanne Fea <fea<-a t->t1000< . >pncc< . >govt< . >nz> writes:

>Can anyone give me some expedient advice on the breakdown of
> synthetic rubber?

I found some interesting papers which deals with rubber and its chemical
composition and other interesting fact.The book is Saving The Twentieth
Century, Proceedings of Conference Symposium 91 Ottawa, Canada.

    1.  Rubber: Its History, Composition and Prospects for
        Conservation, M.J.R. Lodman p. 59-81.

    2.  Treatments of 20th-century Rubberized Multi media Costume,
        Conservation of Mary Quant Raincoat C.S. Harris.

    3.  A Field Trial For the Use of Ageless in Preservation of
        Rubber in Museum Collections. S.S. Thomsen, p.363.

Michael Maggen
Senior Paper Conservator
The Israel Museum Jerusalem
Israel

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