Title of article :
Scanning Mortars to Understand the Past and Plan the Future for the Maintenance of Monuments
Author/Authors :
Stefanidou , Maria Laboratory of Building Materials - School of Civil Engineering - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - Thessaloniki, Greece , Pavlidou, Eleni Solid State Section - Physics Department - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - Thessaloniki, Greece
Abstract :
Theeffectofmicrostructureonmacropropertiesofbuildingmaterialswastheinitiationinordertousemicroscopictechniquesforstudyingthematerials’behavior.Primerroleamongthedifferenttechniqueshasthescanningelectronmicroscope(SEM)asitprovidesmuchinformationinaneasyandunderstandableway.SEMhasbeenusedinalmosteverystudyofthelastdecades,dealingwithhistoricandrepairmaterialstocompletetheanalysisperformed.Inthecaseofhistoricmortars,itisauniquetechniqueasitrequiresasmallrepresentativesampleandwithoutanyintensetreatmentimportantinformationderivedfromanalmostunknownsampleincludingdamagedetection,phaseidentification,andmicroanalysis.Itisusuallyacomplementarymethodofanalysisbutapreciousoneasthegainedresultsfromtheanalysisofoldmortarsareusedfordesigningcompatiblerepairmaterialsforrestorationpurposes.Inthepaper,thelong-termuseofSEMinstudyingbotholdauthenticandinnovativerepairmortarsispresented
Keywords :
Scanning Mortars , Understand , Past , Plan , Future , Maintenance of Monuments
