Guidelines and standards for testing historic mortars

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1258, Issue , 1996, Pages 285-293

  Doebley, Carl E ^a   Spitzer, Donald S ^b  

^a Dan Peter Kopple and Associates   (United States)

^b E L Conwell and Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Historic preservation; Mortar additives; Mortar analysis; Mortars; Restoration

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; BUILDING CODES; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; MATERIALS TESTING; PERFORMANCE; REPAIR; RESTORATION; SPECIFICATIONS;

HISTORIC MORTARS; HISTORIC PRESERVATION; MORTAR ADDITIVES; MORTAR ANALYSIS; MORTAR TESTING;

MORTAR;

EID: 0030106062     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp15443s     Document Type: Review

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