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    The "hidden" function of environmental monitoring for preservation of cultural relics

    • Last Update: 2022-07-03
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    [ Hot attention from Chemical Machinery and Equipment Network ] Environmental monitoring is the foundation of environmental protection and meteorological work.
    Monitoring of environmental pollutants and meteorological parameters such as temperature, humidity, and air pressure can help environmental protection agencies evaluate air pollution, formulate environmental protection policies, and assist meteorological agencies in forecasting weather change.
    But the role of environmental monitoring does not stop there.
    It can also play an important role in the protection of cultural relics.

     
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    The preservation of cultural relics is closely related to environmental factors, and changes in the environment will cause deterioration or damage to cultural relics.
    For example, sudden changes in the environment when cultural relics are unearthed will cause rapid aging and fracture of animal and plant fibers, oxidation and decay of organic matter such as proteins, fading of pigments, deformation and cracking of lacquered wood and bamboo, and increased metal corrosion.
    Even if kept in a museum, temperature, humidity, light, air pollutants, harmful organisms and other factors will slowly damage the cultural relics.
    Environmental factors have become the main cause of damage to cultural relics in museum collections.

     

    The key to mitigating environmental factors' damage to cultural relics is to control various environmental factors in the collection environment, so that cultural relics are kept in a stable and clean preservation environment as far as possible, and to delay the changes in the physical and chemical properties of cultural relics caused by environmental factors.
    This is also the core of the "preventive protection" of cultural relics.
    The premise of controlling environmental factors is to monitor changes in environmental factors.
    According to the environmental factors that affect the preservation of cultural relics, the items that need to be monitored for preventive protection of museums mainly include temperature and humidity, light radiation, air pollution, dust particles, pests and molds.

     

      Temperature and humidity are important factors that affect the preservation of cultural relics, museums rely mainly on air-conditioning systems regulate the museum * temperature and humidity in the key areas you need to install temperature and humidity detector , real-time measurement of the exhibition hall or warehouse environment, by humidity or agent if necessary, draw Humidifiers, humidifiers, etc.
    precisely control micro-environments such as showcases and storage cabinets.
    Biological hazards such as pests and molds are closely related to temperature and humidity, and the breeding of harmful organisms can be prevented by controlling temperature and humidity.
    The influence of optical radiation on cultural relics includes visible light and ultraviolet light, so the optical radiation measurement of the museum also needs to have both functions.

     
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      Air pollutants (including particulate matter) are not only pollutants in the air outside the museum, but also harmful gases emitted by the decoration materials of the museum and carbon dioxide and dust brought by the audience.
    The components of air pollutants are complex, including sulfur dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, nitrogen monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, nitrogen oxides, ozone, and airborne particulates.
    Therefore, detection instruments for pollutants also need to have multiple component detection capabilities.

     

      In addition, a small weather station for outdoor environmental monitoring can also be established outside the museum.
    The museum is not a closed space, and changes in the external environment have a great impact on the environment in the museum.
    Monitoring external weather changes is conducive to timely adjustment of environmental control measures in the museum.

     

      The protection of cultural relics cannot only rely on the restoration of cultural relics, and appropriate measures should be taken to provide a good preservation environment for cultural relics and reduce the damage to cultural relics in order to truly protect cultural relics.
    Preventive protection measures are currently not only used in museums, but also promoted in the protection of ancient buildings and cultural relics such as Dunhuang grottoes.
    With the development of modern Internet of Things technology, environmental monitoring and early warning platforms composed of various monitoring instruments have played an increasingly important role in the protection of museums and other cultural relics.

     
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      Original Title: The "Hidden" Function of Environmental Monitoring for the Conservation of Cultural Relics
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