Conservation Analytical Laboratory Research
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Creator: Dougherty, Harold E
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: 1992
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371
Mary Baker, polymer chemist at the Smithsonian's Conservation Analytical Laboratory, and conservation fellow Eric Lange inspect a Project Mercury spaceflight boot and astronaut Donald "Deke" Slayton's Mercury training suit. They use differential scanning calorimetry to study samples of new rubber, as well as samples from deaccessioned suits such as this one, to determine the extent of crystallization in order to establish proper storage and handling procedures for the suits.
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Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1992
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96-20063
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print