Methods for porosity measurement in lime-based mortars

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2572-2578

  Maria, Stefanidou ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Lime based mortars; Porosity; Problems

Indexed keywords

LIME; MORTAR;

AGEING EFFECTS; HISTORIC BUILDINGS; LIME BASED MORTARS; POROSITY MEASUREMENT; PROBLEMS;

POROSITY;

EID: 78049307910     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2010.05.019     Document Type: Article

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