RT Journal Article
T1 Effect of manufacturing methods on the decay of ceramic materials: A case study of bricks in modern architecture of Madrid (Spain)
A1 Pérez-Monserrat, Elena Mercedes
A1 Agua Martínez, Fernando
A1 Fort González, Rafael
A1 Álvarez de Buergo, Mónica
A1 Conde Moreno, Juan Félix
A1 García Heras, Manuel
AB The appearance and main decay forms in the fair-faced brick façades on the University Campus of Madrid's Faculty of Medicine were taken as a starting point to analyse certain building's construction characteristics and the clay and technology used in brick manufacture. The raw materials consisted in a mix of Miocene marl and red Triassic clays from the Spanish province of Jaén. The exposed face of bricks was characterised by a yellowish tone and smooth, uniform texture that afforded perfect dimensioning and inter-brick alignment. In some bricks this texture was lost, with a concomitant colour change, surface roughness increase and loss of material. Laboratory studies through polarised optical microscope (POM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and field emission scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (FESEM-EDS) revealed similar composition in all the bricks, firing temperatures ranging between 800 and 850 °C and, with the exception of the exposed surface, not particularly careful manufacture.
PB Elsevier
SN 0169-1317
YR 2017
FD 2017
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/18594
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/18594
LA eng
NO Comunidad de Madrid
NO Universidad Complutense de Madrid
DS Docta Complutense
RD 28 abr 2024