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== Description == | == Description == | ||
[ICI, England] A trademark for transparent acrylic sheeting made from polymethyl methacrylate. The equivalent U.S. material is sold as [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=Plexiglas | [ICI, England] A trademark for transparent acrylic sheeting made from polymethyl methacrylate. The equivalent U.S. material is sold as [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=Plexiglas%C2%AE Plexiglas®]. | ||
== Other Properties == | == Other Properties == | ||
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== Authority == | == Authority == | ||
* | * G.S.Brady, ''Materials Handbook'', McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 11 | ||
* | * Hermann Kuhn, ''Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art and Antiquities'', Butterworths, London, 1986 | ||
* | * Marie Svoboda, Conservation Survey Index, unpublished, 1997 | ||
* Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, at http://www.wikipedia.com Comment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perspex (Accessed Nov. 9, 2005) | * Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, at http://www.wikipedia.com Comment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perspex (Accessed Nov. 9, 2005) | ||
Revision as of 08:32, 24 July 2013
Description
[ICI, England] A trademark for transparent acrylic sheeting made from polymethyl methacrylate. The equivalent U.S. material is sold as Plexiglas®.
Other Properties
Can be electrostatic. More easily scratched than glass.
Additional Information
Perspex: Product information
Authority
- G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 11
- Hermann Kuhn, Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art and Antiquities, Butterworths, London, 1986
- Marie Svoboda, Conservation Survey Index, unpublished, 1997
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, at http://www.wikipedia.com Comment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perspex (Accessed Nov. 9, 2005)