Characterisation of historic mortars for conversation diagnosis

0395689 - ÚTAM 2014 RIV GB eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Hauková, Petra - Frankeová, Dita - Slížková, Zuzana
Characterisation of historic mortars for conversation diagnosis.
The 3rd Historic mortars conference. Glasgow: University of the West of Scotland, 2013 - (Hughes, J.). ISBN 978-1-903978-44-3.
[Historic mortars conference /3./. Glasgow (GB), 11.09.2013-13.09.2013]
R&D Projects: GA MK(CZ) DF12P01OVV018
Keywords : mortar analysis * mortar characterisation * binder * aggregate
Subject RIV: AL - Art, Architecture, Cultural Heritage

Currently, several techniques are available for characterisation of mortar binders for research and conservation purposes but not all of them are suitable and affordable for routine diagnostic purposes. Cost efficiency is a very important factor for the scientific and conservation community and is always taken into account when designing a research conservation program. For the characterisation of historic mortars, generally the identification of the binder nature (air lime, hydraulic lime...) is of outmost importance as well as the mineralogy, granulometry, amount of the aggregate and porosity. The present paper presents a sequence of cost-efficient and technically effective procedure for mortar characterisation for conservation diagnosis aims.
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