• Conservation Science in Museum
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• v.11
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• pp.49-52
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• 2010

A wooden Comb excavated at Shinchang-dong wetland site was treated with cetylalcohol as a reinforcing agent. The conservation process was done by freeze drying the wooden artifact after substituting it with no.3 butyl alcohol and impregnating with 40wt% cetylalcohol solution. Consequently there was no noticeable surface damage. Also it showed 54% of remaining weight and a shrinkage of length 3.3%, width 2.1% and thickness 3.1%. Therefore using cetylalcohol for conservation of waterlogged archeological wood was effective dimensional stability and remaining weight.