Volatile aldehydes in libraries and archives

Fenech, Ann; Strlič, Matija; Cigić, Irena Kralj; Levart, Alenka; Gibson, Lorraine T.; Bruin, Gerrit de; Ntanos, Konstantinos; Kolar, Jana; Cassar, May

doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.03.021

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“…Varese); gprav@unive.it (G. Ravagnan); gianni.formenton@arpa.veneto.it (G. Formenton) and paper components (Fenech et al, 2010;Lattuati-Derieux et al, 2004;Strilič et al, 2009Strilič et al, , 2010.…”

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Detection of volatile metabolites of moulds isolated from a contaminated library

Micheluz

Manente

Rovea

et al. 2016

Journal of Microbiological Methods

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The principal fungal species isolated from a contaminated library environment were tested for their microbial volatile organic compound (MVOC) production ability. Aspergillus creber, A. penicillioides, Cladosporium cladosporioides, Eurotium chevalieri, E. halophilicum, Penicillium brevicompactum and P. chrysogenum were cultivated on suitable culture media inside sample bottles specifically designed and created for direct MVOC injection to a GC-MS instrument. The fungal emissions were monitored over several weeks to detect changes with the aging of the colonies, monitored also by respirometric tests. A total of 55 different MVOCs were detected and isopropyl alcohol, 3-methyl-1-butanol and 2-butanone were the principal compounds in common between the selected fungal species. Moreover, 2,4-dimethylheptane, 1,4-pentadiene, styrene, ethanol, 2-methyl-1-butanol, acetone, furan and 2-methylfuran were the most detected compounds. For the first time, the MVOC production for particular fungal species was detected. The species A. creber, which belongs to the recently revised group Aspergillus section Versicolores, was characterized by the production of ethanol, furan and 1,4-pentadiene. For the xerophilic fungus E. halophilicum, specific production of acetone, 2-butanone and 1,4-pentadiene was detected, supported also by respirometric data. The results demonstrated the potential use of this method for the detection of fungal contamination phenomena inside Cultural Heritage's preservation environments.

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Detection of volatile metabolites of moulds isolated from a contaminated library

Micheluz

Manente

Rovea

et al. 2016

Journal of Microbiological Methods

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“…Numerous studies have already focused on indoor air characterization of libraries and museums with regard to chemical pollutants, indoors sources, chemical reactions and environmental factors [4,[6][7][8][18][19][20][21][22][23]2,24]. Moreover, the characteristics of indoor PM in museums were also studied with regard to the outdoor environment [7,9,25,26].…”

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“…Particlulate matter can cause soiling by deposition and adsorption, material degradiation or damage by chemical reactions [3][4][5][6]. Indoor pollutants in cultural heritage buildings may originate either from indoor sources or penetrate indoors through the building envelope [4,[7][8][9].…”

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Modeling of the aerosol infiltration characteristics in a cultural heritage building: The Baroque Library Hall in Prague

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Mašková

Ondráčková

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Building and Environment

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Please cite this article as: Chatoutsidou SE, Mašková L, Ondráčková L, Ondráček J, Lazaridis M, Smolík J, Modeling of the aerosol infiltration characteristics in a cultural heritage building: The Baroque Library Hall in Prague, Building and Environment (2015), doi: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2015 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. A dynamic mass balance model was introduced taking account particle penetration from outdoors and indoor losses (deposition, ventilation). The model was used to determine deposition rate k and penetration efficiency P in 13 discrete size intervals. Model performance was evaluated using the coefficient of determination (R 2 ) by selecting different pairs of k and P. No unique solution found, thus, averaged values of k and P from the best correlated pairs were used to estimate infiltration factor. Good agreement between infiltration factor and I/O ratio confirmed that modeled k and P were well-estimated. The deposition rate was found to depend strongly on particle size with higher rates for ultrafine and coarse particles. Penetration efficiency, on the other hand, was not clearly related with particle size. The infiltration factor varied substantially with particle size with less effective removal for accumulation fraction (0.1-0.7 µm). Higher infiltration factor for ultrafine particles, compared to coarse particles, indicates that enrichment of the library at this size is caused by penetration from outdoors. On the other hand, human presence during visiting hours found to contribute significantly to coarse particles by increasing the indoor number concentration by a factor of 3, 3.2 and 2 during spring, summer and winter respectively.

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“…GC-MS techniques are routinely used to analyse perfumes and cosmetic preparations [41]. SPME-GC-MS as used in this paper has been specifically optimized for analysis of the headspace of objects made of organic materials, such as book and paper [33], leather and parchment [42] and has been successfully used to sample air in libraries [43]. Recent research shows that the profiles of volatile organic compounds found in historic libraries can be directly linked to the emissions from decaying books and wood furnishing [43], which makes it reasonable to assume that sampling VOCs both from books and from library environments can be done using the same technique, i.e.…”

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Smell of heritage: a framework for the identification, analysis and archival of historic odours

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Strlič

2017

Herit Sci

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We don't know much about the smells of the past. Yet, odours play an important role in our daily lives: they affect us emotionally, psychologically and physically, and influence the way we engage with history. Can this lead us to consider certain smells as cultural heritage? And if so, what would be the processes for the identification, protection and conservation of those heritage smells? In order to answer these questions, the connection between olfaction and heritage was approached in three ways: (1) through theoretical analysis of the concept and role of olfaction in heritage guidelines, leading to identification of places and practices where smell is fundamental to their identity, (2) through exploration of the evidence for use of smells in heritage as a tool to communicate with audiences; and (3) through experimental evaluation of the techniques and methods for analysing and archiving the smells, therefore enabling their documentation and preservation. We present this through the framework of Significance Assessment-Chemical Analysis-Sensory Analysis-Archiving. The smell of historic paper was chosen as the case study, based on its well-recognized cultural significance and available research. Odour characterization was achieved by collecting visitor descriptions of a historic book extract through a survey, and by conducting a sensory evaluation at a historic library. These were combined with the chemical information on the VOCs sampled from both a historic book and a historic library, to create the Historic Book Odour Wheel, a novel documentation tool representing the first step towards documenting and archiving historic smells.

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Volatile aldehydes in libraries and archives

Cited by 62 publications

References 41 publications

Detection of volatile metabolites of moulds isolated from a contaminated library

Detection of volatile metabolites of moulds isolated from a contaminated library

Modeling of the aerosol infiltration characteristics in a cultural heritage building: The Baroque Library Hall in Prague

Smell of heritage: a framework for the identification, analysis and archival of historic odours

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