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1. Deterioration of ancient Korean paper (Hanji), treated with beeswax: A mechanistic study.

Author

Jeong, Myung-Joon, Bogolitsyna, Anna, Jo, Byoung-Muk, Kang, Kyu-Young, Rosenau, Thomas, and Potthast, Antje

Subjects
*DETERIORATION of materials, *PAPER, *BEESWAX, *SURFACE coatings, *HYDROLASES, *OXIDATION, *CELLULOSE, *KOREAN paper
Abstract

Highlights: [•] Oxidative group profiling of small ancient cellulose fragments coated with beeswax. [•] The main mechanism of deterioration was identified for the first time. [•] Beeswax coated cellulose was purely hydrolytically damage, no oxidation. [•] Hydrolysis caused by microorganisms secreting cellulolytic enzymes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2014
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