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Polymers in Preservation and Restoration: Two Examples

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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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The collaboration of former doctoral students Richard Pekala, Kyu-Ha Chung, and Kevin 0. Myers in research on silicone methods, as well as the current collaboration with Dr. William H. Harris and his associates in the Orthopedic Biomechanics Laboratory of Massachusetts General Hospital is gratefully acknowledged. p]I also thank Mr. Roy Perkinson, Conservator of the Department of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston for an informal association of fifteen years which has drawn me much closer to material issues in the fine arts.

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Merrill, E. Polymers in Preservation and Restoration: Two Examples. MRS Online Proceedings Library 462, 353–358 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-462-353

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