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Sci Rep. 2019 Oct 24;9(1):15278. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-51836-z.

Synthetic calcium carbonate improves the effectiveness of treatments with nanolime to contrast decay in highly porous limestone.

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Radek Ševčík, Alberto Viani, Dita Machová, Gabriele Lanzafame, Lucia Mancini, Marie-Sousai Appavou

Affiliations

  1. Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prosecká 809/76, Praha 9, 190 00, Czech Republic. [email protected].
  2. Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prosecká 809/76, Praha 9, 190 00, Czech Republic.
  3. Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., SS 14- km 163.5, Area Science Park, 34149, Basovizza (Trieste), Italy.
  4. Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich Centre for Neutron Science JCNS at MLZ, Lichtenbergstraße 1, 85747, Garching, Germany.

PMID: 31649279 PMCID: PMC6813344 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-51836-z

Abstract

Three synthetized polymorphs of calcium carbonate have been tested in combination with the suspension of nanolime particles as potential consolidating agents for contrasting stone decay and overcome some of the limitations of nanolime agents when applied to substrates with large porosity. The modifications induced in the pore network of the Maastricht limestone were analyzed with microscopy and in a non-invasive fashion with small angle neutron scattering and synchrotron radiation micro-computed tomography. A reduction in porosity and pore accessibility at the micrometric scale was detected with the latter technique, and ascribed to the improved pore-filling capacity of the consolidation agent containing CaCO

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