Which degradation accelerates in historical Byzantine silk tapestries stored near coastal settlements?

💡 Explanation

Silk degrades due to humidity activating the ACID HYDROLYSIS mechanism on fibroin; saltwater aerosols increase the adsorbed acidic content because chlorine ions accelerate protonation of amide bonds for hydrolysis, therefore this bond breaks, rather than other processes.

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