Lime-pozzolana mortars in Roman catacombs: Composition, structures and restoration

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1555-1565

  Sánchez Moral, Sergio ^a   Luque, Luis ^a   Cañaveras, Juan Carlos ^b   Soler, Vicente ^c   Garcia Guinea, Javier ^a   Aparicio, Alfredo ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE PRODUCTOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aggregate; Ca(OH)2; CaCO3; Crystal size; Curing; Microcracking; Mortar; Pozzolan

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; ALUMINA; BINDERS; CALCITE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CURING; DRYING; LIME; MICROCRACKING; MORTAR; POROSITY; POSITIVE IONS; RESTORATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CA(OH)2; CACO3; CRYSTAL SIZE; LIME POZZOLANA MORTARS; ROMAN CATACOMBS;

POZZOLAN;

EID: 22844440501     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2004.08.009     Document Type: Article

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