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A Green Approach for Textiles Cleaning |
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Thursday, 31 May 2007 |
Silk wearing, tacuinum sanitatis casanatensis
(XIV century)
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Portuguese scientists have recently developed an environmentally friendly technique for the cleaning of historic textiles. This technique uses liquid and supercritical carbon dioxide (CO2) as dry cleaning solvent in order to remove dirt from the fibers. The method proved to be successful with no physical damage or material loss.
The article "The art of CO2 for art conservation: a green approach to antique textile cleaning", by Micaela Sousa, Maria João Melo, Teresa Casimiro and Ana Aguiar-Ricardo, is now available online.
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See also:
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The clean art of conservation
To read the entire article:
http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/GC/article.asp?doi=b617543k
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