Low-Temperature Hydraulic Binders for Restoration Needs

Abstracts of the Riga Technical University 53rd International Scientific Conference : Dedicated to the 150th Anniversary and the 1st Congress of World Engineers and Riga Polytechnical Institute / RTU Alumni: Section: Material Science and Applied Chemistry 2012
Inta Kiriloviča, Inta Vītiņa, Linda Krāģe

Late 19th/ early 20th century was a period of active usage of low-temperature hydraulic binders, e.g., romancement, for the construction of buildings. Dolomitic romancement was characteristic to Latvia in contrast to rest of Europe, where calcitic romancement was applied. An investigation have been done with the aim to synthesize a binder from local clay and dolomite compatible with historical dolomitic romancement. The results of chemical and XRD phase analyses have approved that Devonian as well as Quaternary period clay in mixture with dolomite can form a binder which closely conforms with historical ones. Obtained compositions can be considered as perspective for restoration needs.

Keywords
restoration, hydraulic components, low-temperature binder, romancement

Barbane, I., Vītiņa, I., Krāģe, L. Low-Temperature Hydraulic Binders for Restoration Needs. In: Abstracts of the Riga Technical University 53rd International Scientific Conference : Dedicated to the 150th Anniversary and the 1st Congress of World Engineers and Riga Polytechnical Institute / RTU Alumni: Section: Material Science and Applied Chemistry, Latvia, Rīga, 11-12 October, 2012. Rīga: RTU Publishing House, 2012, pp.27-27. ISBN 978-9934-10-357-5.

Publication language
English (en)