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==Related Terms==
=== Synonyms in English ===
Variously written as: 
* dry mount
*dry mounting
*drymount
*dry-mount
*dri-mount
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==Discussion==
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Originally, the term "dry mounting" was created to describe mounting and adhering practices of early photographic practitioners  (pre-1900) that involved "less moisture".  Around 1910, this term changed to denote a commercially available heat-activated thermal resin (shellac and now synthetic) adhesives and the process for application.  "Dry mount" in contemporary usage is still a commercial, heat-activated adhesive and pellicle (or adhesive alone).  However, paper and photographic materials conservators sometimes refer to any self-created heat-activated process as a "dry mounting" (e.g. use of BEVA-film), a practice that can cause confusion in reports and discussions.

British authors in print sometimes interchangeably use the terms "dry mounting" and "lamination" also potentially causing confusion.  In USA English usage, a "dry mount" consists of an item with an adhesive film layer on the back side, adhering it to a secondary support mount.  Whereas a "lamination" consists of an item encased between two sheets of adhesive films top and bottom (re:  the construction of a standard USA driver's license).  Order is shown below:

Dry mount order from top to bottom =
*item
*adhesive film pellicle
*secondary support mount
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Laminate order from top to bottom =
*adhesive film pellicle (semi-rigid when cured or dried)
*item
*adhesive film pellicle (semi-rigid when cured or dried)

==References==
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*Watkins, Stephanie.  1993.  [http://cool.conservation-us.org/coolaic/sg/bpg/annual/v12/bp12-15.html "Origins and Development of Dry Mount"], ''Book and Paper Group Annual'', 12: 66-73. 
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