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  • Investigation of Cellulose Nitrate Motion Picture Film Chemical Decomposition & Associated Fire Risk

    Project Director(s):
    Vance L. Kepley, Mahesh K. Mahanthappa
    Author(s):
    Heather Heckman, Vance L. Kepley, Mahesh K. Mahanthappa, Amanda McQueen, Kathleen Mullen
    Date:
    2015
    Group(s):
    Data Rescue
    Subject(s):
    Archives--Administration, Archival resources--Management, Archival materials--Management, Archives--Collection management, Archival materials--Conservation and restoration
    Item Type:
    White paper
    Institution:
    University of Wisconsin, Madison
    Tag(s):
    NEH White papers, Research and Development, NEH Preservation and Access, Archival management and conservation
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M68947
    Abstract:
    This grant will support empirical research about the related threats of cellulose nitrate motion picture decay and flammability. The project will be co-investigated by two University of Wisconsin-Madison institutions--the Wisconsin Center for Film & Theater Research and the Mahanthappa Research Group--in partnership with the Wisconsin Historical Society. Used as the base for all professionally-produced motion pictures made between the 1890s and the early 1950s, cellulose nitrate is chemically unstable and highly flammable. Unfortunately, very little data about these risks is available to the preservation community. Project results will be published in a white paper targeted at an audience of archival professionals, and, as relevant, in amendments to the International Standard (ISO) and National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards on nitrate handling and storage.
    Notes:
    The testing of cellulose nitrate film stock with the goal to create guidelines for the handling and long-term storage of this flammable medium on which much of the 20th century's still and moving image humanities content is stored.
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    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    6 years ago
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial

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