Marmorino

Marmorino

Methodological approach to monitor Roman Catacombs: Experience in the Catacombs of St. Mark, Marcellian and Damasus, Rome, Italy

Published in Cesareo Saiz-Jimenez, The Conservation of Subterranean Cultural Heritage, 2014

D. Tapete, F. Fratini, B. Mazzei, E. Cantisani, C. Riminesi, R. Manganelli Del Fà, B. Sacchi, O.A. Cuzman, L. Scaletti, M.G. Patrizi, P. Tiano

Nevertheless, the presence of portlandite [Ca(OH)2] in the marmorino of both simulation plasters No. 1 and 2 still clearly appreciable in the FT-IR spectra of the micro-samples taken at T3 (i.e. 14 months after plaster application) confirm that carbonation is not completed yet. Longer time is needed for mortar hardening.

Ermanno Grinzato and the humidity assessment in porous building materials: retrospective and new achievements

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Published in Quantitative InfraRed Thermography Journal, 2023

P. Bison, A. Bortolin, G. Cadelano, G. Ferrarini, M. Girotto, E. Guolo, F. Peron, M. Volinia

The investigated structures are mock-up masonries (100 cm × 120 cm × 25 cm) under controlled conditions (22 ± 3°C temperature and RH 55 ± 10%), made with traditional techniques and materials: brick (new ‘red brick’ and reused historic brick), mortar (premixed lime mortar and traditional lime mortar) and plaster (lime plaster, venetian lime and marble powder plaster – Marmorino – venetian lime and crushed brick plaster – Cocciopesto) [28]. These materials were combined to recreate different types of masonries similar to what is possible to find in the Venetian area and study their behaviour as a function of boundary conditions. Physical characterisation of the materials was carried out to identify density [kg m−3], porosity [%] and thermal conductivity [W m−1K−1], capillary absorption coefficient [(g cm−2 s1/2] and imbibition coefficient [%].

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