{"id":7315,"date":"2022-06-07T13:39:50","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T11:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icm.works\/biocide-decontamination-in-collections-icm-and-pazlab-at-heritech-2022-conference\/"},"modified":"2022-06-09T09:33:12","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T07:33:12","slug":"biocide-decontamination-in-collections-icm-and-pazlab-at-heritech-2022-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icm.works\/nl\/biocide-decontamination-in-collections-icm-and-pazlab-at-heritech-2022-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Biocide Decontamination in Collections: ICM and PazLab at Heritech 2022 Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the Florence Heritech 2022, ICM and PazLab introduced the results of a 2-year investigation into the decontamination of biocides in museum collections. The paper will be published in full in the conference proceedings (Springer).<\/p>

The ICM humidity controlled warm air method is suitable to remove a wide range of biocides from a wide range of materials. For instance, the percentage depletion of Lindane in spruce wood was up to 95%. New research shows that highly successful decontamination mechanisms already take place at temperatures as low as 45\u00b0C.<\/p>

A recent study has proven that insects die at much lower temperatures than hitherto believed. In practical terms this means that both desired effects \u2013 insect control and<\/em> biocide decontamination \u2013 can be achieved parallel in one and the same treatment cycle at temperatures well below 50C\u00b0.<\/p>

ICM Berlin is currently decontaminating a high-profile reference object from a major German museum. The outcome of this project will also be published, so please stay tuned for more exciting and highly relevant news from ICM and PazPab.<\/p> <\/div>