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Textual and Experimental Studies on The Compositions of Traditional C hinese Organic–Inorganic Mortars
Author(s) -
Zhang Kun,
Zhang Hui,
Fang Shiqiang,
Li Jiajia,
Zheng Ye,
Zhang Bingjian
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
archaeometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.716
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1475-4754
pISSN - 0003-813X
DOI - 10.1111/arcm.12047
Subject(s) - mortar , lime , organic matter , architecture , soda lime , lime mortar , inorganic chemical , archaeology , mineralogy , geology , materials science , metallurgy , history , chemistry , composite material , environmental chemistry , organic chemistry
The C hinese people started to add organic matter to lime or ‘tabia’ no later than 1500 years ago, and thus created the traditional C hinese organic–inorganic mortar featured in this paper, which has been demonstrated by a great deal of archaeological evidence. According to the ancient literature records, the traditional C hinese organic–inorganic mortar was widely used for architectural purposes, such as rammed earthen buildings, finishing mortars, city walls, water conservancy projects and tombs. To verify the authenticity of the literature, four types of architecture were chosen from eastern C hina, and the obtained samples were analysed by chemical methods and FT – IR . The experimental results turned out to be consistent with the literature.