Treatment of rising damp and salt decay: the historic masonry buildings of Adelaide, South Australia

Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 827-848

  Lopez Arce, P ^a   Doehne, E ^a   Greenshields, J ^b   Benavente, D ^c   Young, D ^d  

^a GETTY CONSERVATION INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Adelaide City Council   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^d Heritage Consultant   (Australia)

Author keywords

Building materials; Damp proof course; Desalination treatments; Rising damp; Salt weathering

Indexed keywords

ADELAIDE; CITY COUNCIL; DAMP PROOF COURSE; DAMP-PROOF; DEPTH PROFILE; DESALINATION TREATMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIGH POROSITY; HISTORIC BUILDINGS; HISTORIC MASONRY; MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETRY; NATURAL LABORATORIES; RISING DAMP; SALT WEATHERING; SODIUM NITRATES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

BUILDINGS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; DESALINATION; EROSION; FOUNDATIONS; GROUNDWATER; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAINTENANCE; MERCURY (METAL); PLASMA WAVES; POROUS MATERIALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM SULFATE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER FILTRATION; WEATHERING;

MASONRY MATERIALS;

EID: 67649361897     PISSN: 13595997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1617/s11527-008-9427-1     Document Type: Article

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