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GIS-based inventory for safeguarding and promoting Portuguese glazed tiles cultural heritage

open access: yesHeritage Science, 2023
Innovative, non-invasive, digital, and cost-effective instruments for systematic inventory, monitoring and promotion are a valuable resource for managing tangible and intangible cultural heritage.
Bertha Santos   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Testing the Feasibility of Titanium Dioxide Sol-Gel Coatings on Portuguese Glazed Tiles to Prevent Biological Colonization

open access: yesCoatings, 2020
Historical glazed wall tiles are a unique vehicle of artistic expression that can be found outdoors, integrating the buildings of many countries, therefore they are often subjected to biodeterioration.
João Pedro Veiga   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Electrochemical desalination of historic Portuguese tiles – Removal of chlorides, nitrates and sulfates

open access: yesJournal of Cultural Heritage, 2015
Soluble salts cause severe decay of historic Portuguese tiles. Treatment options for removal of the salts to stop the decay are few. The present paper deals with development of a method for electrochemical desalination, where an electric DC field is ...
Lisbeth M. Ottosen   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Filling and retouching techniques in outdoor tiles with saline efflorescence problems. A case study

open access: yesGe-conservación, 2020
This article will be focusing on a retouching conservation and restoration treatment, of two figurative ceramic tiles panels belonging to the Baroque artistic period.
Sara Araújo
doaj   +2 more sources

Optical Characteristics of Traditional Portuguese Azulejos: Mixing Colors to Obtain “Cool” Building Façades

open access: yesJournal of Daylighting, 2020
The need to reduce energy consumptions in buildings brings modern research to focus on the use of natural sources. In this context, the interest towards traditional architecture has been fueled, since one of the characteristics identifying it is the ...
Laura Bellia   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Thermal Insulation Tiles for Flat Roofs [PDF]

open access: yesMaterials (Basel), 2019
Envelope insulation and protection is an important technical solution to reduce energy consumption, exterior damage, and environmental impacts in buildings.
R. Gomes, J. Silvestre, J. de Brito
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

Chemical and mineralogical characterization of portuguese ceramic tiles in the historic center of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil): an approximation of the mineralogy and firing temperature of the raw materials

open access: yesRevista Escola De Minas, 2013
This work involved the first-ever characterization of antique Portuguese ceramic wall tiles in the Historic Center of Sao Luis do Maranhao, Brazil. The tiles were characterized by optical microscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and chemical analysis to ...
Rômulo S. Angélica   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Portuguese Tiles (Sixteenth to Eighteenth Century)

open access: yesEncyclopedia of Global Archaeology, 2019
Tânia Manuel Casimiro
exaly   +2 more sources

Technical, Environmental, and Cost Assessment of Granite Sludge Valorisation

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2023
The granite sludge (GS) produced during block sawing can be exploited as alternative raw material in ceramic and concrete industries. Based on the case study of a Portuguese granite processing plant, this work analysed, by experimental tests and ...
Elena Surra   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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