Archival conservators analyzing the preservation of historical documents have established the following facts regarding iron gall ink manuscripts:
• Any manuscript written with iron gall ink that is kept in an environment where relative humidity exceeds 65 percent undergoes acid hydrolysis, which accelerates cellulose breakdown.
• If cellulose breakdown is accelerated in a manuscript, its paper substrate becomes brittle unless the manuscript has been treated with a calcium phytate deacidification wash.
• Every manuscript in the Morrison Collection that exhibits paper substrate brittleness also exhibits significant copper ion migration into its surrounding binding.
• None of the manuscripts in the Morrison Collection have ever received a calcium phytate deacidification wash.
If the statements above are true, which one of the following must also be true?
- AAny manuscript in the Morrison Collection that exhibits significant copper ion migration into its binding was kept in an environment where relative humidity exceeded 65 percent.
- BNo historical manuscript that undergoes a calcium phytate deacidification wash will ever develop brittle paper substrate.
- Any manuscript in the Morrison Collection written with iron gall ink that is kept in an environment where relative humidity exceeds 65 percent exhibits significant copper ion migration into its surrounding binding.Cevap
- DPreventing acid hydrolysis in an iron gall ink manuscript requires maintaining ambient relative humidity at exactly 65 percent.
- ECopper ion migration into a manuscript's binding is the primary chemical factor responsible for accelerating cellulose breakdown in historical documents.