TY - GEN
T1 - Stabilisation of earthen surfaces using carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.)
AU - Romero, J.
AU - Barbeta, G.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Taylor & Francis Group, London.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Additives have been used in traditional construction throughout history. A significant body of literature endorses the potential and use of natural additives, establishing the suitability of these materials for construction purposes, contingent on the proper extraction, manufacture and application under certain conditions. In this paper we conclude that the Ceratonia silique or carob tree, common in Mediterranean area, contains the proper components to be used as consolidant for earthen surfaces. Biopolymers as tannins or polysaccharides contained in their pods are capable, in determinate medium conditions, of reacting in different ways with clay constituents improving mechanical properties of the colloid and endowing new possibilities to the earthen mortar.
AB - Additives have been used in traditional construction throughout history. A significant body of literature endorses the potential and use of natural additives, establishing the suitability of these materials for construction purposes, contingent on the proper extraction, manufacture and application under certain conditions. In this paper we conclude that the Ceratonia silique or carob tree, common in Mediterranean area, contains the proper components to be used as consolidant for earthen surfaces. Biopolymers as tannins or polysaccharides contained in their pods are capable, in determinate medium conditions, of reacting in different ways with clay constituents improving mechanical properties of the colloid and endowing new possibilities to the earthen mortar.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85058132234
U2 - 10.1201/9781315267739-137
DO - 10.1201/9781315267739-137
M3 - Conference proceeding
AN - SCOPUS:85058132234
SN - 9781138035461
T3 - Vernacular and Earthen Architecture: Conservation and Sustainability - Proceedings of SOStierra2017 2017
SP - 789
EP - 796
BT - Vernacular and Earthen Architecture
A2 - Mileto, C.
A2 - López-Manzanares, F. Vegas
A2 - García-Soriano, L.
A2 - Cristini, V.
PB - CRC Press/Balkema
T2 - International Conference on Vernacular Earthen Architecture, Conservation and Sustainability, SOStierra 2017
Y2 - 14 September 2017 through 16 September 2017
ER -