...Salwa M.A. Mahmoud; Maisa M.A. Mansour; Maha A. Ali; Mohamed Z.M. Salem Purpose This paper aims to investigate the critical role of essential oils (EOs) as multifunctional substances in the field of paper conservation based on a comparative study of reviewing the literature on the advantages...

...Salwa M.A. Mahmoud; Maisa Mohamed Ali Mansour; Rushdya Rabee Ali Hassan; Mehrez E. El-Naggar Purpose This study aims to develop a way to inhibit fungal attacks on paper manuscripts, as fungi are a major deterioration factor that causes aesthetic appearance and fragility degradation using fungal...

...Salwa Moustafa Amer Mahmoud; Sayed Hemeda Purpose This study aims to determine the efficiency of three types of essential oils (EOs) as antioxidants on wood pulp paper samples: camphor oil, clove oil and lavender oil. Because of the detrimental influence of the oxidation process on wood pulp paper...

...Salwa Moustafa Amer Mahmoud; Tarek Hamdy; Mohamed Fares; Wissam Ayman; Shrouk Muhamed; Aya Abdel Khaliq; Lilian Salah Purpose This paper aims to investigate the ability of traditional biopolymers, such as funori or the nanoscale form of cellulose nanocrystals, to consolidate fragile paper...

... transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR/FTIR) and cellulose crystallinity. Findings Stains, missed parts and scratching were the most common aspects of deterioration. Some insects were observed by digital microscope. The SEM showed that linen fibers and goat skin were used to manufacture paper sheets...

...Eman Salim Purpose The aim of the present paper to compare the cleaning treatments of paper samples exposed to artificial aging, toluene and isopropyl alcohol gel in cleaning wax stains. Design/methodology/approach In total, paper samples were made from wood pulp. They had a deterioration...

...Walid Shaaban Abdelrasoul Mohamed Purpose This paper aims to find a suitable solution to treat the solidification paper by using hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC) to improve the mechanical, physical and chemical properties of paper. Design/methodology/approach The samples have gone several stages...

...Walid Shaaban Abdelrasoul Mohamed Purpose The purpose of this study is to find an applicable solution for the consolidation of petrified paper after disassembling it to complete other stages of treatment. Design/methodology/approach The samples were subjected to natural aging by being...

...Walid Shaaban Abdelrasoul Mohamed; Mostafa Attia Mohie Purpose Paper aims to determinate caking paper manuscript cause through studying of the manuscript components, bio-deterioration and physio-chemical deterioration factor. It will facilitate manuscripts and paper conservators to understand...

...Maisa Mohamed Ali Mansour; Rushdya Rabee Ali Hassan; Salwa Moustafa Amer Mahmoud; Youssif Mohamed Akl Purpose This paper aims to identify the most common fungal species that grow on paper manuscripts and cause bio-deterioration. It also detects the impact of additive materials on fungal degrading...

...Maryam Ataeefard Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the effect of paper properties (whiteness, gloss and roughness) on colour laser printing quality. Paper characteristics have a significant influence on print quality and are crucial variables for predicting and reproducing colour...

...E.S. Abd El‐Sayed; A.H. Basta This study examines the effects of using magnesium chloride as a precipitating agent of sodium silicate on the mechanical, optical and fire retardant properties of the resulting paper sheets. Two types of treatments (internal and external), were carried out...

...A‐A.M.A. Nada; E.A.M. Youssef; K.N. Abdel‐Nour Presents findings from a study of the effects of treating unbleached bagasse paper sheets with different resin solutions. Unbleached kraft bagasse paper sheets were treated with different resin solutions such as nitrocellulose, melamine formaldehyde...

... of substitution. The type of acid used to adjust the pH of the suspension also has a great influence on the flow parameters. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Coating Paper Articles The rheological properties of paper coating suspension and its application. Part 1: the influence of solid content and ionic...

... for paper making by carrying out two series of experiments. Details the results which showed that the efficiency of the filler retention when using modified barium metaborate was higher than that of the other two conventional fillers. Reveals that at relatively low filler addition (2–5 percentage weight...