Nanomaterials in Architecture and Art Conservation

ISBN-13: 9789814800266 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 458 str.

Gerald Ziegenbalg; Milos Drdacky; Claudia Dietze

Opis

Nanomaterials in Architecture and Art Conservation gives a comprehensive overview of the state of the art of using nanomaterials in conservation sciences, mainly for stone, mortar, and plaster strengthening, but also for the consolidation of wall paintings.

Spis treści

Historic substrate characterisation and modelling.  Deterioration of stone and historic mortars.  Physical properties and their characterization.  Physical modelling and testing of consolidation effects.  Microscopy as tool for the characterisation of materials.  Chemical composition, chemical reactivity and their determination.  Inorganic binders and consolidants – A critical review.  Fundamentals of nanolime.  Laboratory characterisation of the action of nanolime.  The combination of nanolime dispersions with silicic acid esters.  The facade of the Church of the Visitation Order in Warsaw.  The western elevation of St. John’s Cathedral in Toruń.  Dolní Kounice.  Aachen Orsbach.  Megalopolis.  Heraculaneum.  Statue of Saint Florian.  Leuben Castle.  Dahlen Castle.  Consolidation of paint layer with lime nanosols.  Nanolime – recent publications and application recommendations.