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Adobe Building Materials: Properties, Problems, and Preservation
Earth, air, and water--three of the four elements of the ancient world--have been combined for several millennia to form a versatile building material. This product, sun-dried earth bricks, or adobe, was easy to make and use in pre-industrialized societies. No great technical skill or equipment was necessary. Fabrication required only mixing soil and water, shaping the mixture into forms, and exposing them to the atmosphere to set them. Once hardened, the bricks were ready to use. The National Bureau of Standards is studying the properties of adobe to determine what problems may be associated with it, and how best to preserve adobe in old buildings.
Adobe Building Materials: Properties, Problems, and Preservation
Earth, air, and water--three of the four elements of the ancient world--have been combined for several millennia to form a versatile building material. This product, sun-dried earth bricks, or adobe, was easy to make and use in pre-industrialized societies. No great technical skill or equipment was necessary. Fabrication required only mixing soil and water, shaping the mixture into forms, and exposing them to the atmosphere to set them. Once hardened, the bricks were ready to use. The National Bureau of Standards is studying the properties of adobe to determine what problems may be associated with it, and how best to preserve adobe in old buildings.
Adobe Building Materials: Properties, Problems, and Preservation
J. R. Clifton (author)
1977
4 pages
Report
No indication
English
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