Basu, S;
Aktas, YD;
(2021)
Moisture content as a deteriorating factor for common building stones in London.
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Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Moisture in Buildings 2021 (ICMB21).
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Abstract
Moisture content and its distribution within the rock mass can affect its deterioration. This has not been considered in details in the context of their specific properties for the common building stones in London such as limestone, granite and marble. Based on an extensive literature survey on specific rock properties and observed surficial deterioration from this study, it is evident that deterioration can be correlated to moisture transport and retention. For example in limestone, it can be related to their sorption-behaviour in response to subtle changes in humidity, intrinsically controlled by their porosity and pore structure. In marble, surficial moisture condensation enhances deposition of airborne particles accelerating chemical and biological decay, influenced by grain size and interlocking.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
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| Title: | Moisture content as a deteriorating factor for common building stones in London |
| Event: | 1st International Conference on Moisture in Buildings 2021 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.14293/icmb210008 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.14293/icmb210008 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2020 ScienceOpen. ublished under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | building stones, surface decay, porosity, microcracking, relatiev humidity |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Civil, Environ and Geomatic Eng UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Earth Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10128029 |
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