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Message:: [QUOTE="imrich, post: 1579191, member: 22331"]To answer your question, yes, current existing technology can be adapted to overcome the problems of "slab outgassing", moisture/gas entrapment/migration, differential pressure destruction, mechanical bond destruction, integrity of bond, etc.. Now, longevity of seal integrity is another subject. I've designed/applied appropriate technology in the past to rapidly sterilize/stabilize the atmosphere inside of medical products wrappings, implementing a hermetic seal for shipping/storage without contamination. It would require "thinking outside the box" of current slab design. If I thought that economics/demand would justify same, I'd apply for a patent on the slab design. I believe the immediate facilities/equipment for environmental alteration/isolation, encapsulation, housing redesign aren't justified by the gains realized, potential interest, nor economics/liabilities. Unlike food products which have a relatively short "use life" (i.e. "use by date"), the slab would need a design to resist degradation for probably minimally a century, or the degradation life of the housing material. Current housings (i.e. "slabs") have hardly existed for a quarter century, and I wouldn't expect a "seal" applied to current design to last even a couple decades. JMHO :thumb:[/QUOTE]