A New Method for the Assessment of Deteriorated Paper Documents
A New Method for the Assessment of Deteriorated Paper Documents
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评估劣化纸质文件的新方法
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2013
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T. Okayama
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T. Okayama
To assess the ageing characteristics of books and paper documents, a new method using acoustic emission (AE) monitoring was developed. AE monitoring is a non-destructive or a limited-destructive technique that monitors high frequency sounds emitted by a material when it is under stress to determine the onset and progression of small-scale damage. By measuring the time from the moment the AE sensor contacts the paper surface to the moment the maximum AE ring-down counts are detected, the extent of deterioration of the paper can be evaluated. To investigate the applicability of AE monitoring for the assessment of damaged paper, naturally aged commercial wood-free papers and paper from old books were used as test samples. We tried to determine whether AE monitoring could effectively discriminate between naturally aged papers in good and poor condition. The time taken to reach the maximum AE ring-down count in acidic papers was considerably shorter than that taken in acid-free papers. The time to reach the maximum AE ring-down count in samples of book paper in poor condition was considerably shorter than in samples taken from well-preserved books. The time to the maximum AE ring-down count was correlated with tearing strength and cold-extracted pH in naturally aged commercial paper. These fi ndings support the use of AE signals to monitor the preservation level of old and valuable paper materials.