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Title Of Article Chaper
Adobe building materials: properties, problems, and preservation
Title Of Journal Book
Technology & conservation
Volume
77
Issue
1
Pages
30-34
Collation
Bibliog.
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
All types of adobe are susceptible to damage from water. Structural integrity can be maintained by techniques to control rain water absorption on tops of walls, erosion by capillary action of ground water and moisture penetration on vertical surfaces.
Keywords
Adobe, analysis; Adobe, building material; Adobe, conservation; Adobe, deterioration; Adobe, particle-size analysis; Adobe, study test; Adobe, ruin; Adobe, building ICCROM
pub_id
33743