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Spray-Based Method for Protecting and Restoring Historic Adobe Walls Using Nanomontmorillonite Clay

Abstract

Restoringandprotectinghistoricbuildingsworldwideareimportant becauseheritagebuildingsarerecordsofthecivilizationsofvariouscountries.Herein, nanotechnologywasusedtorestorehistoricadobewalls.AccordingtotheIranPatent andTrademarkOffice(IRPATENT)102665,nanomontmorilloniteclayhasbeen selectedasanaturalandcompatiblematerialwithadobe.Furthermore,ithasbeenused asnanospraytobeaminimallyinvasivemethodtofillcavitiesandcracksintheadobe surface.Variouspercentagesofnanomontmorilloniteclay(1−4%)intheethanolsolvent andthefrequencyofsprayingonthewallsurfacewereevaluated.Scanningelectron microscopyandatomicforcemicroscopyimages,porositytests,watercapillary absorption,andcompressivestrengthtestswereusedtoevaluatetheefficiencyofthe method,analyzecavityfilling,anddetecttheoptimalpercentageofnanomontmorillonite clay.Resultsindicatethatthedoubleuseofthe1%nanomontmorilloniteclaysolution exhibitedthebestresults,filledthecavities,andreducedtheporesonthesurfaceofthe adobe,increasingcompressivestrengthandreducingwaterabsorptionandhydraulic conductivity.Theuseofamoredilutesolutioncausesthenanomontmorilloniteclaytopenetratedeeplyintothewall.This innovativemethodcanhelpmitigatetheexistingdisadvantagesofhistoricadobewalls.

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Category:
Articles
Type:
artykuły w czasopismach
Published in:
ACS NANO no. 8, pages 11373 - 11380,
ISSN: 1936-0851
Language:
English
Publication year:
2023
Bibliographic description:
Khasar M., Niroumand H., Afsharpour M., Bałachowski L.: Spray-Based Method for Protecting and Restoring Historic Adobe Walls Using Nanomontmorillonite Clay// ACS NANO -Vol. 8,iss. 12 (2023), s.11373-11380
DOI:
Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1021/acsomega.3c00124
Sources of funding:
  • Free publication
Verified by:
Gdańsk University of Technology

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