Use of TEOS for fired-clay bricks consolidation

Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1175-1184

  Franzoni, Elisa ^a   Pigino, Barbara ^a   Leemann, Andreas ^b   Lura, Pietro ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ancient masonries; Architectural restoration; Consolidation; Decay; Ethyl silicate; Fired clay bricks

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONSOLIDATION; POROSITY; RESTORATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATES;

ANCIENT MASONRIES; ARCHITECTURAL RESTORATIONS; DECAY; ETHYL SILICATE; FIRED-CLAY BRICKS;

BRICK;

EID: 84901296570     PISSN: 13595997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1617/s11527-013-0120-7     Document Type: Article

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