| Abstract: | CONCLUSION. This report is only a brief summary of the principal problems relating to the preservation of written or printed documents which the CRCDG has tried to solve. Other important research such as a study on the disinfection of documents is slill at a preliminary stage, but is essential to progress in the field. It involves finding a substitute for ethylene oxide which has been used since the 1960'sto eliminate microorganisms found on the paper. However its use is prohibited in some countries. We are now examining different treatments borrowed from the field of physics such as gamma rays, electron beams, microwaves, radio-frequencies, which are already used on a small scale by foreign colleagues. Our aim is to be able to give a scientific opinion on their efficacy and to ensure their harmlessness with regards to the documents. |
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