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Article: The role of sea salts in the occurrence of different damage mechanisms and decay patterns on brick masonry.
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- Construction and Building Materials
- Article date:
- March 1, 2004
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Abstract
Sea salt damage to porous building materials is a well-known problem not only in regions located near the sea but also in continental areas. In walls, sea salts may stem from different sources: they may penetrate from the ground by rising damp, maybe carried by the wind in the form of salt spray, may be due to flooding, occasional or recurrent, or may also be caused by the use of sea water in the preparation of the mortar. Although accelerated crystallization tests performed in laboratory on building materials usually show that sea salts (sodium chloride) are less harmful to masonry than, for example, sodium sulfate, in reality they may cause serious ...
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