Experimental testing of the durability of lime-based mortars used for rendering historic buildings

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 807-818

  Arizzi, A ^a   Viles, H ^b   Cultrone, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental scanning electron microscopy; Freeze thaw; Ion chromatography; Salt capillary absorption; Salt surface deposition

Indexed keywords

AGEING TESTS; DURABILITY PROPERTY; ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXPERIMENTAL TESTING; FREEZE-THAW; HISTORIC BUILDINGS; ICE FORMATIONS; LIME MORTARS; MORTAR MIXES; SALT CRYSTALLIZATION; WATER MOVEMENTS;

CAPILLARY FLOW; DURABILITY; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIME; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MORTAR;

EID: 84555189585     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2011.10.059     Document Type: Article

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