Comparative evaluation of aerial lime mortars for architectural conservation

• Author(s): Faria, Paulina ; Henriques, Fernando M.A. ; Rato, Vasco
• Date: 2008
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/11387
• Origin: Repositório Institucional da UNL
• Subject(s): Lime slaking; Dry hydrated lime; Lime putty; Mortar characterization
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

Journal of Cultural Heritage 9 (2008) 338-346 International bibliography on conservation usually refers that mortars made with lime putty with long extinction periods behave better than others made with the current dry hydrated limes. In order to evaluate this assess, an experimental study of lime mortars was carried out, using dry hydrated lime and two lime putties. It becomes clear that the use of lime putties with long extinction periods in mortars allow better performances, particularly in applicability and resistance to sulphates.