Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology
ash (
ash content
)
The inorganic residue remaining after a sample of paper is burned, driving off combustible and volatile compounds. The "ash content" is defined as the percentage the residue is of the original weight of the sample. (
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