Analysis of the Surface of Historic Fabric from the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum after Treatment with Ethanol Mist Used to Eliminate Microorganisms Harmful to Human Health-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Analysis of the Surface of Historic Fabric from the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum after Treatment with Ethanol Mist Used to Eliminate Microorganisms Harmful to Human Health

Published:2024-05-14 Issue:10 Volume:17 Page:2323
ISSN:1996-1944
Container-title:Materials
language:en
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Author:

Wawrzyk Anna¹²^ORCID,Poskrobko Janina³,Guzińska Krystyna⁴,Kaźmierczak Dorota⁴,Papis Aleksandra²,Jastrzębiowska Nel²^ORCID,Uroda Natalia²,Szymankiewicz Maria⁵^ORCID,Zeljaś Dagmara⁶,Wawrzyk-Bochenek Iga⁷,Wilczyński Sławomir⁷^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Silesian Park of Medical Technology Kardio-Med Silesia in Zabrze, M. Curie Skłodowskiej 10C Str., 41-800 Zabrze, Poland

2. Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, Więźniów Oświęcimia 20, 32-603 Oświęcim, Poland

3. The Department of Textile Conservation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met), 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10028, USA

4. Lukasiewicz Research Network-Lodz Institute of Technology, M. Sklodowskiej-Curie 19/27, 90-570 Lodz, Poland

5. Department of Microbiology, Prof. F. Łukaszczyk Oncology Centre, 85-796 Bydgoszcz, Poland

6. Department of Drilling and Geoengineering, Faculty of Drilling, Oil and Gas, AGH University of Krakow, Al. A. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland

7. Department of Basic Biomedical Science, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences in Sosnowiec, Medical University of Silesia, Kasztanowa 3, 41-205 Sosnowiec, Poland

Abstract

Aim: the aim of the work was to present the changes occurring on the model and historical cotton surface of cotton resulting from disinfection with 90% ethanol mist. Materials and methods: Samples of historical materials consisted of fabric elements from suitcases stored in A-BSM. A mist of 90% ethanol was applied for 15 s at a distance of 16 cm from the surface. The spectra of cotton samples before and after ethanol application were recorded using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR-ATR). Analyses of the surface layers were performed using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Results: the decontamination performed did not show any significant differences in the chemical composition and surface structure of cotton before and after the use of 90% ethanol mist. Conclusions: Ethanol mist, which eliminates microorganisms from the historical surface, does not cause significant changes to the surface of historical objects.

Publisher

MDPI AG

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/17/10/2323/pdf

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