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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/14/13 9:12 AM, Marcela Cosarinsky
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What
temperature
would you
recommend for
the best
conservation
of biological
collections
kept in
liquids
(alcohol,
formalin),
squeletons and
embalmed
animals? <br>
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The *ideal* temperatures are certainly lower than would be
comfortable for people trying to work in the collections (and
cooling is expensive, in a roughly asymptotic fashion), so the
*practical* solution is to go as low as one can afford <b>and</b>
still not make it impossible for curators to spend time in the
collection area. Given the need for a cost assessment, and
compatibility with existing infrastructure, there is no one
temperature that will be ideal in every institution; Buenos Aires
has a very different climate from Fairbanks or Cairo.<br>
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