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Re: RAIN 04/26: Salt as a preservation tool
The last sentence of this article mentions how "After a day's work,
employees can taste the salt on their skin." Salt corrodes metal.
What would be the long term effect of that salt on documents and film
negatives. I realize that to a certain extent the records and films
would be protected by boxes, but are the outer enclosures replaced
on a regular basis?
Daily Southtown 4/24/00
Salting away history
Warehouse in Kansas salt mine preserves national treasures
http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/dsliving/241ld1.htm
Gerri Schaad
Archivist
Virginia Tech
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