To: Sundial
Subject: Re: Re quicklime
A further point about lime mortar. It sets quite hard within a few weeks, but
continues to get harder harder at an exponentially slower rate until the
carbon dioxide (as carbonic acid) in the atmosphere eventually converts it
back to its original calcium
was the mortar inspector. He replied
Finally! We've been waiting forever!
Jack
From: sundial [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On Behalf Of Kevin
Karney
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2013 2:39 PM
To: Sundial
Subject: Re: Re quicklime
A further point about lime mortar. It sets quite hard within
A further point about lime mortar. It sets quite hard within a few weeks, but
continues to get harder harder at an exponentially slower rate until the
carbon dioxide (as carbonic acid) in the atmosphere eventually converts it back
to its original calcium carbonate. So Roman mortar is very very
