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====Improved climate for material==== Low humidity can affect wooden furniture, causing shrinkage and loose joints or cracking of pieces.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xfB99Kf38MwC&q=low+humidity+wooden+furniture&pg=PA490|title=Home Comforts: The Art and Science of Keeping House|last=Mendelson|first=Cheryl|date=17 May 2005|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=9780743272865|language=en}}</ref> Books, papers, and artworks may shrink or warp and become brittle in very low humidity.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e68FaiCRjIoC&q=low+humidity+books+artwork&pg=PA118|title=Disaster Response and Planning for Libraries|last=Kahn|first=Miriam B.|date=1 January 2012|publisher=American Library Association|isbn=9780838911518|language=en}}</ref> In addition, [[static electricity]] may become a problem in conditions of low humidity, destroying semiconductor devices, causing [[static cling]] of textiles, and causing dust and small particles to stick stubbornly to electrically charged surfaces.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mkPYKXcwsrAC&q=static+electricity+humidity&pg=PA34|title=Secret of Electricity|last=Elsersawi|first=Amin|date=2012-06-15|publisher=AuthorHouse|isbn=9781477216200|language=en}}</ref>
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