2006-10-06 05:53:40 · 5 answers · asked by merchant of venice 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
there is no way to keep books from getting old, but to keep them from looking worse, keep them in a room with good air conditioning and as little humidity as possible.
2006-10-06 09:19:06 · answer #1 · answered by tomcat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are commercial book deacidification processes that will neutralize acids in paper that cause yellowing and brittleness. There are also a couple of products (Archival Mist and Paper Bright) that you can spray on to preserve the paper, though doing a whole book this way might be tedious.
In either case, this is a fairly expensive process.
2006-10-06 13:21:40 · answer #2 · answered by injanier 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You cannot keep a book from yellowing even with treatments, eventually it will decompose as all things do over time. Even archive papers treated with non-acidic products will over time yellow as the production of xanthraphylls within the plant material continues with the bacterial agents inherent in plant fibers. You can think of it in terms of tannic acid, or the melonin in your own skin that reacts to sunlight and begins to brown. This reaction is constant and is naturally occuring reguardless of the type of treatment the wood fiber is subjected to, or the amount of rag, (cotton or other natrual fibers) introduced into the product.
2006-10-06 13:45:15 · answer #3 · answered by Tom H 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe you can, the yellowing is from the paper breaking down, you can't change how that paper is made. There are certain type of paper that is acid free and can last much longer. But I don't think you can change the ones that are already made.
2006-10-06 12:57:38 · answer #4 · answered by mom_of_ndm 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Freeze them as soon as you bought them!
2006-10-06 13:57:56 · answer #5 · answered by Jazz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋