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* AIC Conservation Wiki: [https://www.conservation-wiki.com/wiki/Category:Exhibit_Technical_Notes Exhibit Technical Notes: Environmental Control] | * AIC Conservation Wiki: [https://www.conservation-wiki.com/wiki/Category:Exhibit_Technical_Notes Exhibit Technical Notes: Environmental Control] | ||
| + | * Exhibit Guidelines Technical Note: [https://www.conservation-wiki.com/wiki/Conditioning_Silica_Gel_with_a_Saturated_Salt_Solution Conditioning Silica Gel with a Saturated Salt Solution] | ||
* L. Greenspan "Humidity Fixed Points of Binary Saturated Aqueous Solutions" ''J. Research of the NBS'', Vol 81A, No. 1 1977. | * L. Greenspan "Humidity Fixed Points of Binary Saturated Aqueous Solutions" ''J. Research of the NBS'', Vol 81A, No. 1 1977. | ||
* Hermann Kuhn, ''Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art and Antiquities'', Butterworths, London, 1986 | * Hermann Kuhn, ''Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art and Antiquities'', Butterworths, London, 1986 | ||
Revision as of 09:59, 2 March 2023
Description
In a closed environment, saturated salt solutions can maintain an equilibrium with the moisture in the air. At low humidities, fully hydrated (liquid) salts can volatilize water. The solid salts can absorb moisture when the humidity is high.
Percent relative humidities produced at 20 C (Greenspan 1977):
- Lithium chloride = 12.4
- Potassium acetate = 23.3
- Magnesium chloride = 33.6
- Potassium carbonate = 44
- potassium nitrite = 49
- Magnesium nitrate = 54.9
- Sodium nitrite = 65.3
- Sodium chloride = 75.5
- Ammonium sulfate = 80.6
- Potassium nitrate = 93.2
- Potassium sulfate = 97.2
Synonyms and Related Terms
salt solutions
Resources and Citations
- AIC Conservation Wiki: Exhibit Technical Notes: Environmental Control
- Exhibit Guidelines Technical Note: Conditioning Silica Gel with a Saturated Salt Solution
- L. Greenspan "Humidity Fixed Points of Binary Saturated Aqueous Solutions" J. Research of the NBS, Vol 81A, No. 1 1977.
- Hermann Kuhn, Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art and Antiquities, Butterworths, London, 1986
- Pam Hatchfield, Pollutants in the Museum Environment, Archetype Press, London, 2002