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Role of thermoxidation and depolymerisation in the ageing of systems paper/gum arabic/historical ink

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The aim of this study was to assess the role and proportional representation of depolymerisation and thermoxidation reaction paths in the systems paper/gum arabic (GA)/historical ink during various accelerated ageing methods. The historical inks under study are iron-gall, bistre, and sepia. The results indicate that thermoxidation represents only a minor reaction path in the ageing of paper/GA/ink systems except for the iron-gall ink and the light-thermal method of accelerated ageing. The iron-gall ink accelerates both reaction paths of ageing, i.e. thermoxidation and depolymerisation; in this case, thermoxidation might become the prevailing degradation reaction path. For the sepia ink, an anti-depolymerisation stabilising effect in thermal methods of ageing has been detected. Considering the thermoxidation reaction path, the results even suggest that a compound preventing thermoxidation is formed during the thermally accelerated ageing in air and in 100 mg L−1 of NO2. In the light-thermal ageing, the most stable sample is the Whatman paper (W)/GA/bistre ink.

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  1. Institute of Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Radlinského 9, 812 37, Bratislava, Slovakia

    András Peller & Peter Šimon

  2. Institute of Polymer Materials, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Radlinského 9, 812 37, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Milena Reháková & Michaela Ciglanská

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Peller, A., Reháková, M., Ciglanská, M. et al. Role of thermoxidation and depolymerisation in the ageing of systems paper/gum arabic/historical ink. Chem. Pap. 68, 564–574 (2014). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11696-013-0470-1

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