Art of STEM 2022

Andrew Mancuso, Rare Book Dust

Andrew Mancuso
CWRU Staff

Rare Book Dust
Rare book and manuscript collections are stored in environmentally controlled rooms with dedicated HVAC (Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning) systems; these systems maintain ideal temperature and relative humidity conditions in the room in order to help preserve the objects housed within. This is an image of dust/debris sampled from the ductwork of an HVAC system serving just such a room. The peculiar colors and odd shaped larger chunks indicate something is amiss somewhere in the system...

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