NDLI: Preservation of York Minster historic limestone by hydrophobic surface coatings

Content Provider	PubMed Central
Author	Walker, Rachel A. Wilson, Karen Lee, Adam F. Woodford, Julia Grassian, Vicki H. Baltrusaitis, Jonas Gayan, Rubasinghege Cibin, Giannantonio Dent, Andrew
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	Magnesian limestone is a key construction component of many historic buildings that is under constant attack from environmental pollutants notably by oxides of sulfur via acid rain, particulate matter sulfate and gaseous SO2 emissions. Hydrophobic surface coatings offer a potential route to protect existing stonework in cultural heritage sites, however, many available coatings act by blocking the stone microstructure, preventing it from ‘breathing' and promoting mould growth and salt efflorescence. Here we report on a conformal surface modification method using self-assembled monolayers of naturally sourced free fatty acids combined with sub-monolayer fluorinated alkyl silanes to generate hydrophobic (HP) and super hydrophobic (SHP) coatings on calcite. We demonstrate the efficacy of these HP and SHP surface coatings for increasing limestone resistance to sulfation, and thus retarding gypsum formation under SO2/H2O and model acid rain environments. SHP treatment of 19th century stone from York Minster suppresses sulfuric acid permeation.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep00880
Starting Page	880
File Format	PDF
ISSN	20452322
e-ISSN	20452322
Journal	Scientific Reports
Volume Number	2
Language	English
Publisher	Nature Publishing Group
Publisher Date	2012-11-29
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	Nature Publishing Group
Subject Keyword	Science and technology Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Multidisciplinary

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