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This contribution faces the problem of choosing, preparing and applying render mortars to be used in restoration and repair of historic buildings. The results obtained in this work clearly show that some industrial “dry mortar” products, even if they are not based on slaked lime binders, can be compatible with traditional, lime based ones, with regard to mechanical and physical properties and, therefore, should have a comparable behaviour.
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We would like to thank the technical staff of the Institute of Materials and Constructions and in particular R. Bucellari who has been the driving force for laboratory and practical work. Thanks are also due to the direction of our department which has facilitated the construction of the testing wall. We kindly acknowledge the Swiss National Science Foundation for the funding of our 3 year research project within the framework of DORE (13DPD3-116016/1).
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Jornet, A., Mosca, C., Cavallo, G., Corredig, G. (2012). Comparison Between Traditional, Lime Based, and Industrial, Dry Mortars. In: Válek, J., Hughes, J., Groot, C. (eds) Historic Mortars. RILEM Bookseries, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4635-0_17
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