Nearly an open-and-shut case for DEZ.Nearly an open-and-shut case for DEZ DEZ Dezember (German: December) DEZ Disease Eradication Zone DEZ Death Egg Zone (Sonic 2/3 & Knuckes level) DEZ Di-Ethylzinc The Library of Congress estimates that 25 percent of its 14 million books have become so brittle (jargon) brittle - Said of software that is functional but easily broken by changes in operating environment or configuration, or by any minor tweak to the software itself. Also, any system that responds inappropriately and disastrously to abnormal but expected external stimuli; e. from acids in their pages that they can't be handled. To save the rest of its collection, Library chemists are developing a process using diethylzinc (DEZ) vapors to deacidify de·a·cid·i·fy tr.v. de·a·cid·i·fied, de·a·cid·i·fy·ing, de·a·cid·i·fies To remove the acid from or reduce the acid content of. de paper (SN: 3/5/83, p.154). In a recent report, the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment (OTA (Over The Air) Refers to any wireless system such as AM/FM radio and network television that uses open space as its transmission medium. ) put its qualified stamp of approval on the DEZ program. While finding that the program has a high potential for success, OTA says more data are needed to determine now long DEZ treatment will extent a book's life. The DEZ process also needs testing to compare it with alternative deacidification techniques, OTA says. A full-scale DEZ plant is scheduled to be built and operating by 1991. |
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