This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- Laura's excellent comment reminded me to contribute my thought:
Stainless is very expensive, aluminum less so if the goal is rust prevention. Gauge for gauge, steel is stronger for puncture/dent resistance, but there are many types of specialized aluminum that can be also specified. Steel is more dense, which is a chief concern for load-bearing and what your floor is rated for per square foot. Whether new construction or retrofit, the specialized equipment specs should be run by your architect's structural engineer to be sure it is compliant at load (empty) and load (filled with wet/frozen collections). Nora Lockshin, Paper Conservator Smithsonian Center for Archives Conservation Smithsonian Institution Archives locksh...@si.edu / 202.633.5913 / 5927 fax / Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507 Blog ▪ Facebook ▪ YouTube ▪ Flickr Commons ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com
