Mitigating salt damage in lime-based mortars with mixed-in crystallization modifiers

This paper presents the most important results of a research project which<br/>focused on the use of crystallization modifiers mixed in lime mortar to mitigate<br/>salt crystallization damage. The research focused on two of the most damaging<br/>salts, sodium chloride and sodium sulfate, and suitable crystallization modifiers (sodium...

Simulation of self-healing of dolomitic lime mortar

In the present research a test procedure was set up to reproduce self-healing on lime-based (both pure calcium and magnesium-calcium) mortar specimens in laboratory. After few months testing, during which the specimens were subjected to wet-dry cycles, thin sections of the specimens were prepared and observed by Polarization and Fluorescence...