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Title: | Investigating a method to limit damage in Globigerina Limestone, a soft porous stone widely used in historic buildings |
Authors: | Sammut, Svetlana Cassar, JoAnn Marrocchi, Assunta Russo, Catia Sommei, Lara Santarelli, Maria Laura |
Keywords: | Salt Salt crystals Limestone -- Conservation and restoration Cultural property -- Conservation and restoration |
Issue Date: | 2014 |
Publisher: | The Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage |
Citation: | Sammut, S., Cassar, J., Marrocchi, A., Russo, C., Sommei, L., & Santarelli, M.L. (2014). Investigating a method to limit damage in Globigerina Limestone, a soft porous stone widely used in historic buildings. 3rd International Conference on Salt Weathering of Buildings and Stone Sculptures, Brussels. 101-115. |
Abstract: | A programme of studies is ongoing to investigate the action of environmentally-friendly functionalized polycarboxylates as organic crystallization modifiers on salts on two types of Globigerina Limestone of Malta, to compare their action and behaviour. This was mainly done to verify the potential of such compounds to control, and therefore, limit damage on this locally unexplored territory. The main thrust of the research, at this stage, was to observe modifications to solution transport and salt crystal growth induced in two varieties of the stone by treating under controlled laboratory conditions; work under uncontrolled conditions has also commenced, but will not be discussed here. In this paper, indications of the modifications obtained are discussed, in the context of former trials, the fact that they are still under investigation and with a view on way forward. A discussion establishing a classification for damage limitation is postulated. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/16587 |
ISBN: | 9782930054247 |
Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacBenCBH |
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