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The Effect of Gamma ray irradiation on Paper Properties  

Jeong, Hye-Young (Research Division of Restoration Technology, National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage)
Choi, Kyoung-Hwa (Research Division of Restoration Technology, National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage)
Park, Ji-Hee (Research Division of Restoration Technology, National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage)
Jung, Pil-Mun (Team for Radiation Food Science & Biotechnology, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Choi, Jong-Il (Team for Radiation Food Science & Biotechnology, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
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Journal of Korea Technical Association of The Pulp and Paper Industry / v.42, no.3, 2010 , pp. 43-49 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recently, the use of fumigants for pest control of paper cultural heritages are limited because of the high toxicity of fumigants and the production of environment-harmfully compounds. Therefore, many non-chemical methods have been discussed and experimented. And it is recently focused on gamma radiation, which is one of non-chemical methods, for pest control of paper cultural heritage in Korea. In this paper, we carried out a gamma ray irradiation of papers including Hanji, copy paper, filter paper and then analyzed a physical properties and optical properties of paper sample to estimate the effect of gamma ray irradiation on paper properties. In result, gamma radiation have adverse effect on a physical properties and optical properties of paper, especially Hanji. Therefore, we have to carefully consider about using of gamma ray for pest control of paper cultural heritages.
Keywords
gamma ray irradiation; paper properties; paper cultural heritage; biodegradation; sterilization;
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