Water repellent influence on salt crystallisation in masonry

Proceedings of Institution of Civil Engineers: Construction Materials

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-23

  Ioannou, Ioannis ^a   Holf, William D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brickwork and masonry; Conservation; Materials technology

Indexed keywords

BRICKMAKING; CRYSTALLIZATION; EVAPORATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY; SODIUM METHYLSILICONATE; WATER REPELLENT;

MASONRY MATERIALS;

EID: 44249128886     PISSN: 1747650X     EISSN: 17476518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/coma.2008.161.1.17     Document Type: Article

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