Zastosowanie chromatografii gazowej do badania naturalnego procesu starzenia się papierów pochodzących z Biblioteki Jasnogórskiej

A completely unexplored area of research is constituted by the impact of secondary substances of paper on the mechanism and kinetics of paper’s aging. Hence the interest in the adhesive substances used in the manufacturing technology of historical printing paper. The main goal of the experiment was the usage of selected chromatographic techniques to mark natural ingredients in the historic library materials and the products of their reactions as yet another element of the natural process of aging. Learning the data allowed to create basic mechanism of this process and its influence on the structural and mechanical parameters of the historical library material. Such knowledge makes the decision about the degree of conservator’s interference easier as well as allows to choose appropriate materials or neutral contemporary substitutes.