Archaeometric studies and conservation solutions for corvins castle circular towers

Rodica-Mariana Ion, Sorin Tincu, Lorena Iancu, Ramona Marina Grigorescu, Cristiana Radulescu, Sofia Teodorescu, Ioana Daniela Dulama, Raluca Maria Stirbescu, Ioan Alin Bucurica, Mihaela Lucia Ion, Anca Irina Gheboianu

Abstract

For centuries, the architecture of the Romanian monuments reflected the highest standard of European architecture, many masonry buildings had used bricks, wood, roof tiles and various mortars. However, the characterization of the construction materials is prioritized for obtaining informations about the raw materials, building technology and the history of previous restorations. Under such context, in this paper, three types of materials were collected for analysis from the Corvins Castle circular towers: Deserted Tower, Drummers Tower and Mace Tower. The structural, compositional and morphological aspects will be investigated, through physico-chemical properties of the towers materials, by using FT-IR, Raman spectroscopy, XRD and EDXRF, ICP-MS, ion-chromatography, microscopic investigations (SEM-EDS, Optical microscopy)). Such techniques evidenced apatite compounds, that could justify the time resistence of these monument s towers as an explanation for their consolidation.

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TC4 - Measurement of Electrical Quantities

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