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Though discussed a lot, the interfacial transition zone (ITZ), the linking phase between aggregate and bulk paste, still undertakes ambiguity on its knowledge. In this pa [...]
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Sophisticated analysing proceedings have been used in the past to assess the composition of hardened mortars. Chemical and mechanical tests combined with microscopic inve [...]
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Pozzolan blended cement hydration reactions, the most promising route towards the sustainability of cementitious materials, have been simulated by Hymostruc, a numerical [...]
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Various binding materials have been used worldwide, across different pre-historic and historic periods, to meet several construction applications. Lime has historically b [...]
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Roman cement was extensively used to decorate facades during the nineteenth and beginning of twentieth Century. The interest of this material has been revisited recently [...]
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Currently, the precast industry represents 20% of concrete production around the world and the use of steam curing to accelerate hydration has been adopted as one of the [...]
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Vitruvius Pollio treated in ten volumes the whole system of Roman architecture and engineering, but technical terminology, the specificity of his subjects and his concise [...]
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The binders of joint mortars and plasters used during several construction phases in the history of the Benedictine monastery in Riesa have been identified as dolomitic l [...]
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Experimental work has been carried out in order to describe the influence of hot mixing on the properties of hardened mortars in comparison with mortars made of lime hydr [...]
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Limestone calcination and the technology of quicklime production has an influence on the slaking reactivity of lime. The slaking consequently can be an indicator of the q [...]
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It is currently widely accepted that lime, rather than Portland cement (PC), should be used for the repair of historic fabrics as most historic mortars were lime based an [...]
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Zacharopoulou, G.
Within the general framework of study on high calcium building limes (CL) suitable for conservation purposes, selected results of research are presented and discussed in [...]
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It is well-known that different slaked limes (calcium hydroxide) influence the plastic properties of fresh mortar differently. There is not sufficient scientific literatu [...]
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Zacharopoulou, G.
The impact of the control of key parameters during the production chain (calcination, slaking, maturation) of a lime based binder was experimentally investigated under a [...]
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This paper investigates the process of alkali-carbonate reaction (ACR) in lime-based mortars prepared with certain dolomite aggregate. As binder either pure calcite lime [...]
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Zacharopoulou, G.
In conservation practice it is usually observed that the capability of upgrading the characteristics of a lime through maturation appears to be limited due to a self-dryi [...]
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Zacharopoulou, G.
It is generally recognized that wet slaking endows the resulting hydrated lime with a colloidal rather than a crystallized character. It is also known empirically that th [...]
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Aging of lime putty improves the quality of hydrated lime due to changes in portlandite microstructure as regards the morphology and particle size. Improvements in mortar [...]
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