The use of X-ray tomography in the study of water repellents and consolidants

Engineering Geology

Volumn 103, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 84-92

  Cnudde, V ^a   Dubruel, P ^a   De Winne, K ^a   De Witte, I ^b   Masschaele, B ^a   Jacobs, P ^a   Schacht, E ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Polymer Materials Research Group ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Consolidant; Natural building stones; Water repellent; X ray CT

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; BUILDING MATERIALS; BUILDINGS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; LITHOLOGY; MEDICAL IMAGING; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; PLASTIC TAPES; PORE SIZE; TEXTURES; TOMOGRAPHY; VISUALIZATION; WATERPROOFING; X RAYS;

ATOMIC NUMBERS; ATTENUATION ,; CONSOLIDANT; CULTURAL HERITAGES; DESTRUCTIVE TECHNIQUES; EXTRA DIMENSIONS; INTERNAL STRUCTURES; LOCALISATION; MATERIAL EVALUATIONS; NATURAL BUILDING STONES; PETROGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS; POWERFUL TOOLS; PRESENCE OF WATERS; STONE SAMPLES; TECHNICAL PROPERTIES; WATER REPELLENT; WEATHERING RATES; X-RAY CT; X-RAY TOMOGRAPHIES;

WEATHERING;

BUILDING STONE; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; REPELLENT; TOMOGRAPHY; VISUALIZATION; WEATHERING;

EID: 58349115387     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2008.06.013     Document Type: Article

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