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Subject: Mold viability following treatment in vacuum chamber

Mold viability following treatment in vacuum chamber

From: Cathy Atwood <catwood<-a>
Date: Wednesday, October 22, 1997
We recently had wet and moldy county records, which were dried in a
vacuum chamber.  The chamber pressure was around 10mm of mercury.
The chamber operator thinks that mold, including mold spores, would
be killed at that low pressure.  This seems reasonable to me, but
does anyone have experience? Has anyone tried to culture mold off of
records, right after the materials came out of a vacuum chamber?

Cathy Atwood
Local Records Program, Missouri Secretary of State

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                  Conservation DistList Instance 11:39
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Received on Wednesday, 22 October, 1997

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