Coatings for storage cases

Could the coating of flame-atomised metallic zinc on the inside of a
purpose built zinc metallised steel storage container pose any
off-gassing problems to paper artifacts within? The container in
question was apparently custom designed to hold archive material in
a deep store vault and the material was chosen on a cost basis over
stainless steel.

Mark Vine
Conservation Resources
England

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                  Conservation DistList Instance 10:14
                 Distributed: Thursday, August 1, 1996
                       Message Id: cdl-10-14-014
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