Petrography and microstructure of medieval lime mortars from the west of Scotland: implications for the formulation of repair and replacement mortars

Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 594-600

  Hughes, John J ^a   Cuthbert, Simon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; BINDERS; CALCITE; CONCRETE MIXING; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DISSOLUTION; LIME; PETROGRAPHY; POROSITY; REPAIR; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEXTURES;

LIME MORTARS; MORTAR MIXING; OPTICAL POLARISING MICROSCOPY; REPLACEMENT;

MORTAR;

EID: 0034315235     PISSN: 13595997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02480541     Document Type: Article

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