Investigation of the technology of historic mortars

Moropoulou, Α.; Bakolas, A.; Bisbikou, K.

doi:10.1016/s1296-2074(99)00118-1

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“…They can be defined as porous and low dense materials compared with the ones manufactured from Portland cement. These values were nearly similar to brick-lime mortars which had been used in several Byzantine, Roman and Ottoman period buildings [19][20][21]. Finishing layers that were more vulnerable to chemical and physical action of water were very thin (1 mm.)…”

Section: General Characteristics Of Plasterssupporting

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The use of brick–lime plasters and their relevance to climatic conditions of historic bath buildings

Uğurlu

Böke

2009

Construction and Building Materials

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a b s t r a c tBrick-lime mortars and plasters have been widely used as water-proof materials in aqueducts, bridges and cisterns since early Hellenistic time. In this study, the characteristics of brick-lime plasters used in some Ottoman bath buildings were investigated in order to understand their relevance as plasters in hot and humid environmental conditions of the baths. For this purpose, basic physical properties, raw material compositions, mineralogical, microstructural and hydraulic properties of brick-lime plasters of some historic bath buildings in _ Izmir (Turkey) were determined by XRD, SEM-EDX, AFM and chemical analyses. The results indicated that their survival without loosing their strength and adhesion in hot and humid conditions of the baths was explained by their hydraulic characters due to the consciously use of porous and pozzolanic crushed bricks as aggregate in the manufacturing of plasters.

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Section: General Characteristics Of Plasterssupporting

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The use of brick–lime plasters and their relevance to climatic conditions of historic bath buildings

Uğurlu

Böke

2009

Construction and Building Materials

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“…However, the Romans achieved a great knowledge about the preparation and applications of these hydraulic mortars and they spread their use. The joining of volcanic sand from Pozzuoli left, aside the well-known characteristic name for these materials, very durable mortars which properties have been highlighted by several authors [5,[7][8][9][10].…”

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“…Nowadays, hydraulic lime-based mortars are present in historic structures (both as original components and restoration materials) and in buildings dating from 19th and beginning of 20th centuries, which have an unquestionable cultural interest [10][11][12].…”

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Mechanical properties of natural hydraulic lime-based mortars

Lanas

Bernal

Bello

et al. 2004

Cement and Concrete Research

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“…Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) has been used especially to determine the hydraulic character of the binder fraction [13,14,15]. X-ray fluorescence (XRF), frequently associated with other techniques such as optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD), provided excellent methods to detect the main features of a mortar [16,17,18,19].…”

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Indirect chronology method employing rare earth elements to identify Sagunto Castle mortar construction periods

Gallello

Ramacciotti

Lezzerini

et al. 2017

Microchemical Journal

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A novel indirect chronology method has been developed to identify Sagunto Castle construction periods. The method is based on the use of inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) to determine rare earth elements (REE) and other trace elements in mortars. Additionally, a no destructive geochemical analysis based on X-ray fluorescence (XRF) was employed for major elements determination. Collected chemical data were processed through Principal Component Analysis (PCA) to highlight any differences among the mortars belonging to different buildings and construction periods. The results show that PCA analysis permits to discriminate 2 construction periods according to mortar sample REE contents. Major elements and trace elements show just coarse differences related to the mortar composition. The proposed method permitted to clarify important issues about wall stratigraphy and its effectiveness on a novel indirect chronology developed method.

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Investigation of the technology of historic mortars

Cited by 278 publications

References 5 publications

The use of brick–lime plasters and their relevance to climatic conditions of historic bath buildings

The use of brick–lime plasters and their relevance to climatic conditions of historic bath buildings

Mechanical properties of natural hydraulic lime-based mortars

Indirect chronology method employing rare earth elements to identify Sagunto Castle mortar construction periods

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