Pore structure of historic and repair Roman cement mortars to establish their compatibility

Journal of Cultural Heritage

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 404-410

  Klisińska Kopacz, Anna ^a   Tišlova, Renata ^b   Adamski, Grzegorz ^a   Kozłowski, Roman ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CATALYSIS AND SURFACE CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARDUBICE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Compatibility; Historic mortars; Mercury porosimetry; Mortar recipes; Pore structure; Roman cement

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957369882     PISSN: 12962074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.culher.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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