Salts in the 16th century mural painting of The Last Judgment in the leper hospice in Rumst, Belgium

Salt accumulation and related decay of building materials are, among others, dependent on moisture and climate conditions. In cases where direct water sources are cut off, moisture from the ambient air and the hygroscopicity properties of salts may lead to dissolution, transport and damage by the subsequent dissolution and crystallization cycles. In such a case a favorable climate should be maintained to prevent further decay.

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Publisher: ScienceOpen

Publication date (Electronic, pub): 27 June 2023

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[1 ] Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA), Monuments Lab, Jubelpark 1, 1000 Brussels, Belgium;

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DOI: 10.14293/ICMB230054

SO-VID: 1c0c0a7f-5b6b-4690-803d-7dad111cb2eb

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Published under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International ( CC BY 4.0). Users are allowed to share (copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format) and adapt (remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially), as long as the authors and the publisher are explicitly identified and properly acknowledged as the original source.

Conference name: 2nd International Conference on Moisture in Buildings 2023

Conference acronym: ICMB23

Conference date: 3-4 July 2023

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Keywords: heritage,rising damp,salt distribution,climate control,conservation