Across
- 2. Plant-based writing surface before paper.
- 3. Test for absorption; specialty in sizing.
- 4. Result of macerating and laying vegetable fibres.
- 8. Source of cotton or linen for paper making.
- 9. The "glue" between plant fibres; a paper conservator's natural enemy.
- 10. The process of strengthening paper with sodium sulphide.
- 11. Responsible for foxing.
- 13. Additive to reduce absorbency and running ink.
- 15. Insoluble powder for making things colourful.
- 16. Test for absoprtion; like liquid chromatography.
- 17. What we want for archival paper.
Down
- 1. Mechanical or chemical separation of plant fibres.
- 3. Molecule prone to changing colour.
- 5. Derived from sea creatures.
- 6. Cause for lignin deterioration.
- 7. Diphenylethene for brightening.
- 12. Damage is cumulative and irreversible.
- 13. Earliest material for sizing.
- 14. Liquid pigment or dye intended for making marks on paper.
- 18. Organic compound that bonds with its substrate to make it coloured.