Inherent vice

This article is about the concept of inherent vice in preservation. For the 2014 film, see Inherent Vice (film).

Inherent vice is the tendency in physical objects to deteriorate because of the fundamental instability of the components of which they are made, as opposed to deterioration caused by external forces.[1][2] All objects have some kind of inherent vice as a result of the baseline law of entropy.

  1. ^ Pearce-Moses, Richard (2012). A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology, Entry for Inherent Vice. Society of American Archivists. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Session 2: Inherent vice: Materials". Preservation 101: Preservation Basics for Paper and Media Collections. Northeast Document Conservation Center. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.