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Venice: Stone Material Behaviour in Connection with the Environment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

G. Biscontin,
V. Fassina,
P. Miaravelaki and
E. Zendri
G. Biscontin
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali - Universita di Venezia, Italy
V. Fassina
Affiliation:
Laboratorio Scientifico della Soprintendenza ai Beni Artistici e Storici di Venezia, Italy
P. Miaravelaki
Affiliation:
Scholarship holder of the State Scholarships Foundation of Greece, Greece
E. Zendri
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali - Universita di Venezia, Italy
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Abstract

The present study is directed to summarize several studies carried out in the recent past on stone decay processes taking place in the lagoon environment of Venice. The behaviour of the main types of stones used in Venetian buildings has been considered.

Istrian stone, Verona red stone and Carrara marble were studied.

The knowledge of the porosity and of the pore size distribution can contribute to clarify the physical transformation of decayed materials.

The research determined the morphology of stone decay processes for the different types of stone.

As far as the morphology of deterioration is concerned, there are two main types of decay which depend on the intrinsic properties of the stone: chemical-mineralogical composition and texture-structure.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 185: Symposium G – Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology II , 1990, 253
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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