Pore size distribution and the durability of a porous limestone
- 1 August 1997
- journal article
- Published by Geological Society of London in Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology
- Vol. 30 (3) , 221-230
- https://doi.org/10.1144/gsl.qjeg.1997.030.p3.04
Abstract
A comparison of durability estimations based on mercury porosimeter data and experimental salt crystallization tests carried out on Bateig Stone from Alicante, Spain, establish that the main factor in the salt crystallization durability test is the ‘ink bottle’ pore system, identified by the presence of residual mercury in large pores after porosity testing. In addition, the results suggest that the commonly used indirect durability tests may not be considered a scientific definition of building stone behaviour.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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