TY - JOUR
T1 - Mitigating salt damage in building materials by the use of crystallization modifiers
T2 - a review and outlook
AU - Granneman, Sanne J.C.
AU - Lubelli, Barbara
AU - van Hees, Rob P.J.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Salt crystallization damage in porous building materials is a widespread phenomenon. Several solutions to prevent, or mitigate, salt damage in building materials, prolonging thereby their service-life have been proposed. One of the latest approaches is the use of crystallization modifiers, aiming at reducing the crystallization pressure and/or favouring the crystallization of salts at the surface (efflorescence) instead of in the pores of the materials (crypto-florescence). This paper summarizes the working mechanisms of crystallization modifiers and critically reviews the available literature on their use in building materials; finally, it provides an outlook on the potentials of modifiers for the mitigation of salt crystallization damage in building materials.
AB - Salt crystallization damage in porous building materials is a widespread phenomenon. Several solutions to prevent, or mitigate, salt damage in building materials, prolonging thereby their service-life have been proposed. One of the latest approaches is the use of crystallization modifiers, aiming at reducing the crystallization pressure and/or favouring the crystallization of salts at the surface (efflorescence) instead of in the pores of the materials (crypto-florescence). This paper summarizes the working mechanisms of crystallization modifiers and critically reviews the available literature on their use in building materials; finally, it provides an outlook on the potentials of modifiers for the mitigation of salt crystallization damage in building materials.
KW - Building materials
KW - Crystallization modifiers
KW - Salt crystallization damage
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U2 - 10.1016/j.culher.2019.05.004
DO - 10.1016/j.culher.2019.05.004
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85066468462
SN - 1296-2074
VL - 40
SP - 183
EP - 194
JO - Journal of Cultural Heritage
JF - Journal of Cultural Heritage
ER -