Decay mechanism of indoor porous opuka stone: a case study from the main altar located in the St. Vitus Cathedral,Prague (Czech Republic) |
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| Authors: | Richard Přikryl Jiřina Přikrylová Martin Racek Zuzana Weishauptová Kateřina Kreislová |
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| Institution: | 1.Institute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Mineral Resources, Faculty of Science,Charles University,Prague 2,Czech Republic;2.School of Art Restoration,Academy of Fine Arts in Prague,Prague 7,Czech Republic;3.Institute of Petrology and Structural Geology, Faculty of Science,Charles University,Prague 2,Czech Republic;4.Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics,Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic,Prague 8,Czech Republic;5.SVúOM,Prague 7,Czech Republic |
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| Abstract: | A carving of the indoor main altar of St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague (Czech Republic) is made of the opuka stone—a clayey–calcareous silicite—which now exhibits the development of decay phenomena such as the formation of salt-laden case-hardened subsurface layer (approx. 150 mm thick), with detachment of the case-hardened layer manifested by blistering and/or flaking. Formation of this gypsum-rich layer is linked to the reaction of components (SO2) from polluted air (both outdoor and indoor) and from the rock itself (calcium ion from calcite). Development of brittle damage in the subsurface layer and underlying stone is interpreted based on the results from previous environmental monitoring in the Cathedral’s interior, which indicated highly fluctuating temperature and humidity, resulting in a hygrothermal stress in the material described by the “double-layer sandwich” model. The sensitivity of the studied stone to the above-mentioned processes is evidenced by its microstructural properties, specifically parameters of the pore spaces which indicate an extremely high susceptibility to damage by the actions of freezing water and/or salt crystallisation. |
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