Evaluation of consolidation treatments of marly limestones used in archaeological monuments

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2803-2812

  Karatasios, I ^a   Theoulakis, P ^b   Kalagri, A ^c   Sapalidis, A ^d   Kilikoglou, V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^c Greek Ministry of Health   (Greece)

^d INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Conservation; Consolidation; Evaluation; Inorganic; Protection; Silanes; Stone monuments; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC EMULSIONS; COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS; EVALUATION; INORGANIC; MECHANICAL STRENGTH; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; PROTECTION; STONE MONUMENTS; WATER REPELLENCE;

EROSION; FOUNDATIONS; IMPACT STRENGTH; LIMESTONE; NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION; SILANES; WATER ABSORPTION;

WEATHERING;

EID: 67349265473     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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