Pentachlorophenol pesticide in wooden museum objects

Researchers from the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology of the University of Ljubljana and the National Museum of Slovenia recently published the paper Non-Destructive Detection of Pentachlorophenol Residues in Historical Wooden Objects. As a natural material wood is important in many heritage collections. Because of its susceptibility to biodegradation, it has often been chemically …

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