A new mortar from a strange ancient mortar
Fabio Fratini, Silvia Rescic, Emma Cantisani, Elena Pecchioni, Stefano Pasolini, Andrea Cagnini
Abstract:
During the restoration of Perseus, a sculptural complex realized by G. B. Pieratti in the XVIIth century sited in Boboli Garden (Florence), an ancient mortar used as glue of iron pivots with very particular characteristics was found. Indeed this mortar was made of a magnesium hydroxide based binder (brucite) and barite (barium sulphate) as aggregate. This mortar still show excellent conservation conditions. The aim of this work was trying to reproduce the ancient mortar according to the analytical data about its composition.
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Event details
IMEKO TC:
TC4
Event name:
TC4 MetroArchaeo 2019
Title:

IMEKO TC4 International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage

Place:
Florence, ITALY
Time:
04 December 2019 - 06 December 2019
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