Evaluation of mortar samples obtained from UK houses treated for rising damp

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2845-2850

  Rirsch, Eric ^a   MacMullen, James ^b   Zhang, Zhongyi ^b  

^a Safeguard Europe Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Building; Damp; Mortar; pH; Rising damp; Sorptivity; Walls

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION CHARACTERISTICS; DAMP; DAMP PROBLEMS; PH VALUE; RISING DAMP; SOLUBLE SALTS; SORPTIVITY; WALLS;

PH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS); WATER ABSORPTION;

MORTAR;

EID: 79951852771     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2010.12.050     Document Type: Article

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