A process for the treatment of archival material, more especially entire books and other bound volumes, to improve the paper structure and provide some protection against degradation, which comprises the radiation-induced polymerisation, within the paper, of a vinyl monomer or a monomer mixture comprising one or more vinyl monomers, irradiation being carried out in the presence of the monomer or monomers, and the process being carried out in a substantially non-aqueous system.
In one preferred embodiment of the process ethyl acrylate is polymerised in the presence of methyl methacrylate as yield enhancer; in another preferred embodiment ethyl acrylate is used on its own, the treatment being repeated.
The polymerisation system may also contain a basic monomer like an amine-substituted alkyl methacrylate.
一种用于处理档案材料,特别是整本书和其他装订成册的材料,以改善纸张结构并提供一定的防降解保护的工艺,该工艺包括在纸张内通过辐射诱导
乙烯基单体或由一种或多种
乙烯基单体组成的单体混合物聚合,辐照在单体存在的情况下进行,该工艺在基本上非
水体系中进行。 在该工艺的一个优选实施方案中,
丙烯酸乙酯在
甲基丙烯酸甲酯作为增产剂存在的情况下聚合;在另一个优选实施方案中,
丙烯酸乙酯单独使用,重复处理。 聚合体系还可包含碱性单体,如胺取代
甲基丙烯酸烷基酯。