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| + | ==Importance of stable environment for long-term preservation== | ||
| + | Unstable storage environment accelerates deterioration | ||
| + | -Warmer temperatures speed up deterioration processes | ||
| + | ―An increase of 10°C doubles chemical reactions | ||
| + | ―Extraction of lipids and proteins goes faster | ||
| + | -Cooler temperatures condense lipids and promote | ||
| + | paraformaldehyde formation | ||
| + | -Fluctuations | ||
| + | -Stress specimens | ||
| + | -Stress containers and container seals | ||
| + | -Relative humidity is temperature dependent | ||
| + | -Short-term exposure to relative humidity >65% can | ||
| + | trigger mold outbreak | ||
==Contributors== | ==Contributors== | ||
Revision as of 17:18, 10 November 2022
Contents
Statement of Purpose
These links and documents contain information about best practices for fluid collections relevant to natural history collections.
Introduction
Importance of stable environment for long-term preservation
Unstable storage environment accelerates deterioration -Warmer temperatures speed up deterioration processes ―An increase of 10°C doubles chemical reactions ―Extraction of lipids and proteins goes faster -Cooler temperatures condense lipids and promote paraformaldehyde formation -Fluctuations -Stress specimens -Stress containers and container seals -Relative humidity is temperature dependent -Short-term exposure to relative humidity >65% can trigger mold outbreak
Contributors
Source Material
Text sourced from Baseline Standards for Fluid Collections, workshop by Dirk Neumann & Julian Carter https://pfc2018.sciencesconf.org/data/program/Workshop_baseline_standards_fluid_collections_part2_Carter.pdf
Links
Consensus Documents
Community Standards
Review Documents
References
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