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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">.... colleagues at the Museum für
Naturkunde in Berlin looked into VOCs in a workshop and had some
collaboration with an institute specialised in this field, but I
am not sure if any subsequent projects or research evolved out of
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">A general disadvantage of (closed)
cabinets is that in principle they act as an trap for any VOCs or
humidity related issues, and closed (non-transparent) doors
increase the time for the required monitoring.</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">From that perspective, there is not
much difference between wood and steel cabinets, only that steel
cabinets - compared to new wooden furniture - do not release VOCs;
maybe the varnish. For this reason (if installed properly),
chemical safety cabinets usually need to be connected to HVAC
systems and be ventilated, also to minimise corrosive atmospheres
inside and prevent unwanted chemical reactions. <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">All the best</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 07.10.2021 um 14:49 schrieb Michael
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Byne's Disease is clearly a potential problem, but has anyone
done research onto ways of minimising the effects of VOCs
(perhaps active charcoal absorption), because wooden cabinets
provide more stable temperature and humidity conditions
(especially in the more energy conscious world) and they protect
better against fire than do most steel cabinets? Any thoughts?</div>
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I agree that the risk of Byne’s Disease from cotton alone
is far lower than that from wooden storage cases. Cotton
is cellulose, but the mass of that material per cubic inch
is far lower compared with wood. We remove cotton where we
find it in the collections, but in terms of strategy have
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