Anoxic treatment

Siew Wah Lee <siew_wah_l [at] hotmail__com> writes

>I have some drawings with severe mold growth on them. In one, there
>is green mold on the glazing and support. I would like them to
>undergo anoxic treatment as a precautions for they are stored in
>improper storage conditions where catching an insect infestation is
>high. I would like to know if the nitrogen gas for the anoxic
>treatment would support mold growth since some fertilizers contains
>a high nitrogen content.

Atmospheric nitrogen is inert; the nitrates in fertilizer are fixed,
not elemental/atmospheric. You don't have to worry about feeding
instead of starving your problems when you use atmospheric nitrogen.

Sally Shelton
Collections Officer
National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution

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