title: NMR study on the early stages of hydration of a porous carbonate stone.
abstract: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance was employed to obtain information on the pore filling during the absorption process. A porous carbonate stone, largely employed for buildings and mainly outdoor decorations was studied during water absorption by capillary rise, and filled pores radii were evaluated by comparison between experimental and theoretical parametric magnetization decay curves. Non mono-exponential T2 allowed spin populations to be split among the associated different relaxation times.
authors.affiliation: Physics Department La Sapienza University, and INFM UdR Roma1, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alesiani
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Capuani
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Maraviglia
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D002254:Carbonates / Q000737:chemistry*; D003252:Construction Materials; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D016062:Porosity; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D002254:Carbonates; D014867:Water