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Artcare™ Museum Products & the Zeolite Technology
Archivart now offers the entire range of Alpharag®ArtcareT Museum Board.
Alpharag Artcare, featuring the patented MicroChamber® technology, provides a
preventative conservation mechanism unavailable in any other museum board,
and unparalleled in preservation performance.
The MicroChamber technology featured in Artcare products incorporates zeolites,
a class of materials known for their ability to adsorb specific gaseous
materials. Proven to trap pollutant gases like nitrogen dioxide and sulfur
dioxide from air pollution, as well as formaldehyde, acetic acid and oxidizing
gases from indoor environments and artifact degradation, the technology
gives Artcare boards the ability to actively protect art and artifacts from
both external contaminants and internal vices.
In addition, Alpharag Artcare feature the highest level of quality available.
Alpharag Artcare Museum Board is made from 100% virgin cotton linter
pulp. Recognized as the purest form of cellulose available for papermaking,
the cotton linter pulp used to product Alpharag Artcare is exceedingly clean
and consistent in fiber length, yielding a finished board of exceptional purity
and strength. Each Alpharag Artcare board is hand-inspected for cleanliness
and integrity. Traditional 4, 8 and 12 ply lamination, using a neutral
pH, archival, non-yellowing adhesive, provides the rigidity and thickness
needed to physically protect art and artifacts. Thinner configurations of
1 and 2 ply are ideal for dustcovers, storage and interleaving applications.
Shades of white and colors are achieved by using colorants such as white titanium
dioxide, iron oxides and other organic pigments, all of which are
bleed, fade and yellowing resistant. Color consistency is closely monitored
by human eye and by computer spectrophotometry.
Recently chosen by conservators to house George Washington's Last Will and
Testament, the original drawings of the Wright Brother's famous Kitty Hawk
flyer, the herbarium collection from the Lewis & Clark Expedition, and a
series of John James Audubon's Birds of America elephant portfolio images,
Alpharag Artcare is the best choice for collections care professionals charged
with protecting the world's cultural heritage.
The Artcare zeolite technology is also available in Alphamount Artcare Conservation
Board, Artcare Archival Corrugated and
Artcare Archival Foamboard.
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