Examples of microscopic analysis of historic mortars by means of polarising light microscopy of dispersions and thin sections

Materials Characterization

Volumn 58, Issue 11-12 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 1199-1207

  Blaeuer, C ^a   Kueng, A ^b  

^a CSC Conservation Science Consulting Sàrl   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dispersions; Historic mortar; Polarising light microscopy; Thin section

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; LENSES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

BINOCULAR LENS; MAGNIFICATION; THIN SECTIONS;

MORTAR;

EID: 35148890351     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2007.04.023     Document Type: Article

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