deacidification
1deacidification — noun The act or process of removing or neutralizing acid the deacidification of old books See Also: reacidification …
2deacidification — noun see deacidify …
3deacidification — See deacidify. * * * …
4deacidification — The removal or neutralization of acid. * * * de·acid·i·fi·ca·tion (de″ə sid″ĭ fĭ kaґshən) the act of correcting or destroying acidity or of neutralizing an acid …
5deacidification — n. removal of acidity …
6deacidification — de·acidification …
7deacidification — |dē+ noun : the process of deacidifying …
8Mass deacidification — is a term used in Library and Information Science for one possible measure against the degradation of paper in old books (the so called slow fires ). The goal of the process is to increase the pH of acidic paper on a large scale. Although acid… …
9deacidify — deacidification, n. /dee euh sid euh fuy /, v.t., v.i., deacidified, deacidifying. Chem. 1. to remove acid from (a substance). 2. to reduce the acidity of (a substance). [DE + ACIDIFY] * * * …
10Brittle Books Program — The Brittle Books Program is an initiative carried out by the National Endowment for the Humanities at the request of the United States Congress. The initiative began officially between 1988 and 1989 and was to involve the eventual microfilming… …