Question:
Will the buffers in museum quality mat board react with, and thereby neutralized, gaseous environmental pollutants?

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Answer:
Based on work done by Guttman at the National Bureau of Standards for the National Archives, it is clear that alkaline buffers in paper do not react with acid gases. These gases pass through the paper of board, and are available to combine with water in the artwork to form an acid.

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