Predicting environmental conditions to minimise salt damage at the Tower of London: A comparison of two approaches

Environmental Geology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 277-282

  Price, Clifford A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Environmental control; Hygroscopicity; Salt; Stone

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; DAMAGE DETECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYGROMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL; HYGROSCOPICITY; THERMODYNAMIC MODELS;

SALTS;

BUILDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HYGROSCOPICITY; SALT; THERMODYNAMICS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WAKEFIELD [ENGLAND]; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33847762222     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0477-9     Document Type: Article

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