Microscopic and macroscopic characterization of the porosity of marble as a function of temperature and impregnation

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 939-947

  Malaga Starzec, K ^a,b   Akesson U ^a,b   Lindqvist, J E ^b   Schouenborg, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SP TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Marble; Porosity; Thermal expansion

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; IMPREGNATION; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; POROSITY; THERMAL EXPANSION;

DOLOMITIC MARBLE; INTERGRANULAR DECOHESION; STONE MATERIAL;

MARBLE;

EID: 33746887044     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2005.06.016     Document Type: Article

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