New methods for preservation of documents

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Tri Junarso

Do these links help?

Article INDIGENOUS METHODS OF PRESERVING MANUSCRIPTS: AN OVERVIEW

Article Chromatographic Study on Traditional Natural Preservatives U...

http://magazines.odisha.gov.in/Journal/journalvol3/pdf/28-32.pdf

http://cidoc.mini.icom.museum/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2018/12/Deepakshi_Sharma.pdf

https://waccglobal.org/preserving-indias-palm-leaf-manuscripts-for-the-future/

Litty Chacko

Sure.

Thank You So Much

Phil Geis

The 2nd article demonstrates the primary issue for preservation of any material or product with natural materials - the great variability in composition, qualitatively and quantitatively, from sample to sample, batch to batch. These are not magic - their efficacy is a function of chemical composition for which the active constituents (and their required concentations) are rarely if ever known.