Technology of Medieval Mortars: An Investigation into the Use of Organic Additives.

This work proposes a multi-analytical approach to determine the additives in historical mortars, the use of which is widely described in bibliographical sources, but has rarely been reported in the literature. A protocol to thoroughly analyse mortars was created (optical microscopy, X-ray diffractio...

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Publicado en:Archaeometry Vol. 58; no. 1; pp. 115 - 131
Autores principales: Rampazzi, L., Colombini, M. P., Conti, C., Corti, C., Lluveras‐Tenorio, A., Sansonetti, A., Zanaboni, M.
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Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Feb2016
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          Rampazzi, L.
          Colombini, M. P.
          Conti, C.
          Corti, C.
          Lluveras‐Tenorio, A.
          Sansonetti, A.
          Zanaboni, M.
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          Dipartimento di Scienza e Alta Tecnologia, Università dell'Insubria, via Valleggio 11, 22100, Como Italy
          Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Pisa, Via Risorgimento 35, 56126, Pisa Italy
          Istituto per la Conservazione e la Valorizzazione dei Beni Culturali, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Unità di Milano ‘Gino Bozza’, Area della Ricerca Milano 3 Bicocca, via Cozzi 53, 20125, Milano Italy
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        Medieval archaeology
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        Infrared spectroscopy
        Thermal analysis
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          Infrared spectroscopy
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        gas chromatography – mass spectrometry
        gas chromatography - mass spectrometry
        infrared spectroscopy
        medieval mortars
        microscopic analyses
        mortar technology
        organic additives
        thermal analysis
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