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Caring for Cultural Material 2
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–	Leather
–	Wood
–	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Material
	Metals
–	Outdoor Collections
–	Acknowledgments

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Volume two:
Caring for Cultural Material 2

Metals

Metal objects in collections

The nature of metals

What are the most common types of damage?

Common causes of damage

Handling, storage and display guidelines

Metals in Australia’s climatic zones

Care of particular metals

Copper and copper alloys

Iron and its alloys

Lead and pewter

Tin and its alloys

MORE ABOUT METALS

Corrosion of metals

Zinc carbonate blotter

Bentonite paste

Chloride ions and aluminium and its alloys

For further reading

Self-evaluation quiz

Answers to self-evaluation quiz

FOREWORD . . A NOTE TO READERS . . INTRODUCTION

Home . . Caring for Cultural Material 1 . . Caring for Cultural Material 2
Damage and Decay . . Managing Collections . . Managing People
Handling, Transportation, Storage and Display . . Glossary . . Index

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