Effective Porosity Comparison with a Lime Mortar Matrix Base during 350 to 700 Days

Abstract:

This research is an investigation about the use of powder material additions with mortars lime base for a possible implementation in construction and/or restoration of historical sites. Mortars were elaborated in laboratory conditions with a 1:2.5 in weight proportion. One of the proofs to which these mortars were submitted was the test of capillary absorption; this way, the influence of the materials added to powder in these mortars determined porosity. Mortars were made with different percentages of materials. These powder materials are brick manufacturing ash, quarry powder, clay and maize starch. The test was run during 350 to 700 days. It obtained better results with 700 days than with 350 days.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 902)
• Pages: 60-64
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.902.60
• Online since: July 2017
• Authors: Judith Alejandra Velázquez Perez*, Wilfrido Martínez Molina, Hugo Luis Chávez-García, Elia Mercedes Alonso Guzmán, Rosalía Ruiz Ruiz
• Keywords: Constructions, Mortar, Powder Additions

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