The Use of Oxygen-Free Environments in the Control of Museum Insect Pests

$65.00 at The Getty Museum.

Shin Maekawa and Kerstin Elert Museums throughout the world face the challenge of finding nontoxic methods to control insect pests. This book focuses on practical rather than theoretical issues in the use of oxygen-free environments, presenting a detailed, hands-on guide to the use of oxygen-free environments in the eradication of museum insect pests. The volume discusses the use of nitrogen as the inert gas used to replace oxygen, and on the use of a few specific types of containers as treatment chambers. An…