Solvent-based ethyl silicate for stone consolidation: influence of the application technique on penetration depth, efficacy and pore occlusion

Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3503-3515

  Franzoni, Elisa ^a   Graziani, Gabriela ^a   Sassoni, Enrico ^a   Bacilieri, Ginevra ^a   Griffa, Michele ^b,c   Lura, Pietro ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

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

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dynamic X ray radiography; Globigerina limestone; Inorganic consolidants; Mercury intrusion porosimetry; Tensile strength; TEOS

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; LIMESTONE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MERCURY (METAL); MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; SILICATES; SOLVENTS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

APPLICATION PROCEDURES; INORGANIC CONSOLIDANTS; MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETRY; MICROSTRUCTURAL FEATURES; SOLVENT-BASED PRODUCTS; TECHNICAL DATA SHEETS; TEOS; TETRA-ETHYL-ORTHO-SILICATE;

X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84907546061     PISSN: 13595997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1617/s11527-014-0417-1     Document Type: Article

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