APPENDIX 1

Product information, manufacturers, suppliers, and distributors.

Ambersil Silicones, UK manufacturer of RTV 913 and other rubbers; website also lists distributors for other parts of the world, and has request forms for Material Safety Data Sheets.

Quantum Silicones, US supplier of RTV 913 (as QM113).

Huntsman - distributor for Araldite 2000 series epoxy resins; website also includes instructions on how to obtain MSDS

The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, including links (under "publications") to SPNHC Leaflet #2 Adhesives and Consolidants in Geological and Paleontological Applications (Elder et al. 1997).