Investigative methods for the characterisation of historic mortars - Part 1: Mineralogical characterisation

Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions

Volumn 38, Issue 282, 2005, Pages 761-769

  Middendorf, B ^a   Hughes, J J ^b   Callebaut, K ^c   Baronio, G ^d   Papayianni, I ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

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

^c Brachot Hermant Deinze ^*  (Belgium)

^d POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^e ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRARED RADIATION; MINERALOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

MINERALOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITION;

MORTAR;

EID: 27344456064     PISSN: 13595997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1617/14281     Document Type: Article

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