[Nhcoll-l] Wooden storage cabinets

Thu Oct 7 09:14:35 EDT 2021

.... 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 this.

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.

 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.

All the best
Dirk

Am 07.10.2021 um 14:49 schrieb Michael Howe - BGS:
> 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?
>
> Regards,
>
> Mike Howe
> Chief Curator, British Geological Survey / UKNGR
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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 concentrated more on replacing wood and wood-based 
> materials like Masonite and plywood.
>
> Paul Callomon
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