Output details
14 - Civil and Construction Engineering
University of Manchester
Article title
Moisture expansion and mass gain in fired clay ceramics: a two-stage (time)1/4 process
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
Article number
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Volume number
41
Issue number
5
First page of article
055402
ISSN of journal
1361-6463
Year of publication
2008
URL
-
Number of additional authors
5
Additional information
The phenomenon of reversible moisture expansion in brick has been recognised for nearly 100 years. This formed the basis of the initial RHX dating method. However, it was found that micro-cracking following heating at 500C was contaminating measurement as moisture expansion was occurring. The approach was completely shifted to the measurement of mass gain rather than expansion by moisture adsorption. This represented a paradigm shift in the accepted methodology of the last 100 years. The results in terms of brick dating were highly successful and this approach is now followed by all researchers in this newly-emerging field.
Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
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Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
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