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Polymers in Preservation and Restoration: Two Examples

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

E.W. Merrill
E.W. Merrill*
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Room 66–568, M.I.T., Cambridge, MA 02139, emerrill@mit.edu
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Abstract

Two ‘families’ of polymers applicable to preservation and restoration are discussed: (i) polysiloxane networks generated by platinum catalyzed addition of vinyl silane precursors to hydrogenosilane precursors; and (ii) acrylic compositions generated by redox initiated polymerization of acrylic monomers in the presence of fine spherical acrylic polymer particles. In both cases the end result is achieved at temperatures between ambient and 60°C, and with negligible volumetric shrinkage.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 462: Symposium DD – Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology V , 1996 , 353
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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