Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

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beta cellulose

That part of a cellulosic material which will dissolve in an alkaline solution under the conditions of th ALPHA CELLULOSE test, but which will reprecipitate if the alkaline solution is acidified. See also: GAMMA CELLULOSE (17 )




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