Microstructural and mechanical parameters determining the susceptibility of porous building stones to salt decay

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-71

  Theoulakis, P ^a   Moropoulou, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Marine atmosphere; Porous building stones; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DECAY (ORGANIC); POROUS MATERIALS; SEAWATER EFFECTS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THERMODYNAMICS;

POROUS BUILDING STONE SUSCEPTABILITY;

MASONRY MATERIALS;

EID: 0031062027     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-0618(96)00029-3     Document Type: Article

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