Air lime mortars: The influence of calcareous aggregate and filler addition

Materials Science Forum

Volumn 636-637, Issue , 2010, Pages 1280-1285

  Fragata, A ^a   Veiga, R ^a  

^a NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aggregates; Calcareous aggregates; Filler; Lime mortars; Siliceous aggregate

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FILLERS; LIME; SAND; WATER ABSORPTION;

CALCAREOUS SAND; CONSERVATION PRACTICES; FILLER ADDITION; FILLER CONTENTS; HISTORICAL BUILDINGS; LIME MORTARS; MECHANICAL RESISTANCE; VOLUME PERCENTAGE;

MORTAR;

EID: 75649118196     PISSN: 02555476     EISSN: 16629752     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.636-637.1280     Document Type: Conference Paper

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