Microwave drying

Niccolo Caldararo <caldararo<-a t->aol< . >com> writes

>I agree with your comments on microwaving.  We do
>need more research.  I understand that the Conservation
>Analytical Laboratory had an increase in their budget last
>year and this year so perhaps this is the kind of
>experimental environmental work that they could do,
>following up on the work Marion and others did two years
>ago.
>Maybe Dianne van der Reyden or someone else can fill us
>in on what the CAL is doing now and if this would fit in in
>the near future.

If there is any meaningful increase in CAL's budget I would like to
know about it.

As for the efficacy of microwave drying, I will let Dianne van der
Reyden respond.

Donald C. Williams
Education Coordinator
CAL

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