Diagnosis of surface damage induced by air pollution on 20th-century concrete buildings

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 28, 2011, Pages 4986-4995

  Ozga, I ^a   Bonazza, A ^a   Bernardi, E ^b   Tittarelli, F ^c   Favoni, O ^c   Ghedini, N ^a,b   Morselli, L ^b   Sabbioni, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c Department of Materials and Environmental Engineering and Physics ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Black crust; Carbon fraction; Combustion sources; Concrete building; Enrichment factor

Indexed keywords

AESTHETIC IMPAIRMENT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; ANTHROPOGENIC ORIGIN; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; BLACK CRUSTS; BUILDING WALLS; CARBON CONTENT; CARBON FRACTION; CARBONACEOUS PARTICLES; COMBUSTION SOURCES; ENRICHMENT FACTOR; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITIZATION; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE DAMAGES; SURFACE DETERIORATION; URBAN AREAS; WORK FOCUS;

AIR QUALITY; CONCRETE BUILDINGS; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; DETERIORATION; GYPSUM; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLLUTION;

DAMAGE DETECTION;

CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON; RAIN; RUNOFF;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMBUSTION; CONCRETE STRUCTURE; DAMAGE; GYPSUM; HISTORIC BUILDING; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EFFECT; PRIORITIZATION; RAINWATER; RUNOFF; SURFACE AREA; TWENTIETH CENTURY; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BUILDING; COMBUSTION; FRACTIONATION; ITALY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; URBAN AREA;

FIRENZE [TUSCANY]; FLORENCE [FIRENZE]; ITALY; POLAND; TUSCANY; WROCLAW [POLAND];

GALLERIA;

EID: 79960606231     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.05.072     Document Type: Article

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