Determination of CaCO 3 and SiO 2 content in the binders of historic lime mortars

Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 841-849

  Saǧin, Elif Uǧurlu ^a   Böke, Hasan ^a   Aras, Nadir ^a   Yalçin, Şerife ^a  

^a IZMIR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Binder; Calcite; FTIR; Historic mortar; LIBS; SEM EDS; Silica; XRD

Indexed keywords

FTIR; HISTORIC MORTAR; LIBS; SEM-EDS; XRD;

CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONATE MINERALS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIME; MORTAR; SILICA; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

BINDERS;

EID: 84861639784     PISSN: 13595997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1617/s11527-011-9802-1     Document Type: Article

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