Lime putties and mortars: Insights into fundamental properties

Studies in Conservation

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-23

  Hansen, Eric F ^a   Rodríguez Navarro, Carlos ^b   Van Balen, Koenraad ^c  

^a LIBRARY OF CONGRESS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; CALCIUM; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DURABILITY; HYDRATION; LIME; MORTAR; PUTTY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES; HIGH CALCIUMS; LIMITED STRENGTH; RECENT RESEARCHES; TIME-DEPENDENT CHANGES; TIME-PERIODS; UNI-AXIAL COMPRESSION; WORKING PROPERTIES;

HYDRATED LIME;

EID: 46349087130     PISSN: 00393630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/sic.2008.53.1.9     Document Type: Article

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