Characterization of historical mortars from Alentejo's religious buildings

International Journal of Architectural Heritage

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 138-154

  Silva, António Santos ^a   Adriano, Patrícia ^a   Magalhães, Ana ^a   Pires, João ^b   Carvalho, Ana ^b   Cruz, Antonio João ^c   Mirão, José ^d   Candeias, António ^d  

^a NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE TOMAR   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

characterization; conservation; Historic mortars; microanalysis; mineralogy

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; LIME; MICROANALYSIS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MORTAR; RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS; REPAIR;

DECAY PRODUCTS; DEEP KNOWLEDGE; HISTORIC MORTAR; IN COMPOSITIONS; LIME MORTARS; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; REPAIR STRATEGY; STATE OF CONSERVATIONS;

HISTORIC PRESERVATION;

EID: 77958472691     PISSN: 15583058     EISSN: 15583066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15583050903046322     Document Type: Article

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