Rendering mortars in Medina Azahara, Part I: Material characterization and alteration process

M. T. Blanco-Varela; F. Puertas; A. Palomo

doi:10.3989/mc.1997.v47.i245.512

Rendering mortars in Medina Azahara, Part I: Material characterization and alteration process

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M. T. Blanco-Varela Instituto Eduardo Torroja de Ciencias de la Construcción (CSIC)
F. Puertas Instituto Eduardo Torroja de Ciencias de la Construcción (CSIC)
A. Palomo Instituto Eduardo Torroja de Ciencias de la Construcción (CSIC)

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https://doi.org/10.3989/mc.1997.v47.i245.512

Abstract

Rendering mortars, which are still exposed to the open air on some of the walls of Medina Azahara, are studied and characterized in this work. Some repairing mortars used in different previous restorations are also characterized. Those rendering mortars are of different make considering the composition of their binder: lime, gypsum and mixed lime/ gypsum. Repairing mortars used in previous interventions are made of lime, excepting for a portland cement used by Félix Hernández in the restoration of one of the rooms back in the 50's. Biological colonization is the main cause of decay in lime mortars, while in mortars made of gypsum, decay is a result of the solubilizating action of rain water.

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1997-03-30

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Blanco-Varela, M. T., Puertas, F., & Palomo, A. (1997). Rendering mortars in Medina Azahara, Part I: Material characterization and alteration process. Materiales De Construcción, 47(245), 29–43. https://doi.org/10.3989/mc.1997.v47.i245.512

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Vol. 47 No. 245 (1997)

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