{"id":274,"date":"2015-02-05T19:43:59","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T19:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cool.conservation-us.org\/cool\/osg\/?page_id=274"},"modified":"2020-04-20T20:23:12","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T20:23:12","slug":"benson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/osg-postprints\/v19\/benson\/","title":{"rendered":"Some unusual, hidden, surprising, or forgotten sources of (possible) sulfur contamination in museums and historic structures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Paul L. Benson<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Abstract<\/h4>\n<p>Common environmental sources of sulfur pollution in museums are well documented. Less well-known are sources of sulfur that may have been incorporated into the artworks themselves or built into the fabric of the building. Historically, sulfur has had a multitude of uses, including as a strengthening material in hollowware jewelry, as an adhesive in ceramic repairs, and as a cement to anchor iron rods in stone. More recently it has been used as a joining material for cast iron pipes in the plumbing trade, as a binder for graphite in pencils, as an electrical insulator, and as decorative inlays in furniture and musical instruments. Several examples of these unusual occurrences will be highlighted, and a case history of building construction-related corrosion of ancient bronzes while on display will be presented along with remedial measures taken to prevent future contamination of these objects.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/osg-postprints\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/02\/osg019-05.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download full article<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"http:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/osg-postprints\/postprints\/v19\/\">2012 | Albuquerque | Volume 19<\/a><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul L. Benson Abstract Common environmental sources of sulfur pollution in museums are well documented. Less well-known are sources of sulfur that may have been incorporated into the artworks themselves or built into the fabric of the building. Historically, sulfur has had a multitude of uses, including as a strengthening material in hollowware jewelry, as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"parent":27,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-274","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/osg-postprints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/osg-postprints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/osg-postprints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/osg-postprints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/osg-postprints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/osg-postprints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/274\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/osg-postprints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/osg-postprints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}