The Heritage Science for Conservation (HSC) Laboratory conducts research at the intersection of science and art.
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The Heritage Science for Conservation (HSC) Laboratory conducts research at the intersection of science and art.
The conservation and preservation of books and paper requires knowledge of the materials used, how that material might degrade with time, and treatments that might be used to mitigate or fix damage to the material. The Heritage Science for Conservation (HSC) program brings scientists/engineers and book and paper conservators into the same laboratory to:
To accomplish this mission, HSC partners with other academic laboratories, peer cultural heritage institutions, and industry. HSC disseminates the results to conservation, library, industrial, scientific, and engineering audiences.
The HSC program is funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
HSC’s facilities include a TAPPI room and a photo documentation and microscopy room. The TAPPI room maintains constant temperature and humidity and is essential for the measurement of the properties of paper.
Shimadzu Prominence GPC equipped with LC-20AT pump and CBM-20Alite controller
ALPHA FT-IR Spectrometer equipped with either:
Biolin Scientific Sigma 701 Force Tensiometer
Fisher Scientific™ Accumet™ Excel XL20 pH/ mV/ Temperature/ Conductivity/ Resistivity Meters, equipped with either:
Oakton CON 6/TDS 6
Markson Testo 615
Delmhorst Blade-type Electrode
Fisher Scientific™ Isotemp™ Standard Lab Oven
SPX TPS Lunaire Steady state/Stability Test Chanber, mod. CEO910-4
Cascade TEK 3.2 cubic ft
Fisher Scientific™ Isotemp™ Digital Dry Bath Incubator mod 2001
VWR® symphony™ Ultrasonic Cleaner with Digital Timer, 1.9 L (0.5 gal.)
RevSpin Microcentrifuge RS-200
Name | Contact | Location | Subject Areas |
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McGuiggan, Patricia
Associate Research Professor
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410-516-0769
pmcguig1@jhu.edu |
Milton S. Eisenhower Library |