SEM/EDX and vis spectrophotometry study of the stability of resin-bound mortars used for casting replicas and filling missing parts of historic stone fountains.
A study by SEM/EDX and spectrophotometry in the visible region attempting to assess the stability of new resin-bound mortars used for casting replicas of marble historic fountains is presented in this paper. Different accelerating tests such as thermal ageing, UV light ageing, ageing in an SO(2) pollutant chamber, freezing cycles ageing, salt crystallisation ageing, natural ageing and biological attack have been applied to a series of test specimens prepared with polyester-, epoxy- and gel-coat-bound mortars. Examination of morphology, measurement of chemical composition and chromatic coordinates before and after ageing treatments establish the higher stability and resistance properties of these resin-bound mortars by comparison to those from the natural marbles.
Department of Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Camino de Vera 14, 46022, Valencia, Spain.
José-Luis
JL
Roig-Salom
María-Teresa
MT
Doménech-Carbó
Juana
J
de la Cruz-Cañizares
Fernando
F
Bolívar-Galiano
María-José
MJ
Pelufo-Carbonell
Yaiza
Y
Peraza-Zurita