Changes in sandstones of historical monuments exposed to fire or high temperature

Fire Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 373-382

  Hajpál, Mónika ^a  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Heat effect; Historical monuments; Petrology; Petrophysics; Resistance to fire and heat; Sandstone

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CRACK INITIATION; DISASTER PREVENTION; FIRE PROTECTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; SANDSTONE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

NATURAL DISASTERS;

FIRE HAZARDS;

BUILDING; FIRE; SANDSTONE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0036826515     PISSN: 00152684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020174500861     Document Type: Article

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