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Contour Scaling on Building Facades - Dependence on Stone Type and Environmental Conditions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

Eberhard Wendler ,
Dietrich D. Klemm  and
Rolf Snethlage
Eberhard Wendler
Affiliation:
Geological Institute of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Luisenstraje 37, D-8000 Munich 2, Federal Republic of Germany
Dietrich D. Klemm
Affiliation:
Geological Institute of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Luisenstraje 37, D-8000 Munich 2, Federal Republic of Germany
Rolf Snethlage
Affiliation:
Bavarian State Conservation Office, Central Laboratory, Luisenstraβe 37, D-8000 Munich 2, Federal Republic of Germany
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Abstract

Contour scaling is often observed on building facades, especially built from clay-rich sandstones. The paper shows that a soluble salt enriched zone and a decrease of the flexural strength below the stone surface can be detected even if a damage is not yet visible. A computer simulated wetting-drying process demonstrates that the mean humidity maximum is situated below the surface. Its depth coincides with the depth of the salt maximum and strenth minimum.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 185: Symposium G – Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology II , 1990 , 265
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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