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Table 1 Period of time until documents with a given DP become unfit for use assuming average frequency of use at The National Archives (Kew), i.e. 0.425 times per document per year, and with the threshold of one large missing piece per 100 sheets

From: Damage function for historic paper. Part II: Wear and tear

DP

Years to unfit

300

55

400

160

500

450

600

1300

700

3700

800

10,000